6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Thank you. Can I bring in Adam Price, please?
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
You're okay now.
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
I visited, for example, a jobcentre where, in one case, a Ukrainian who was an English language teacher at home was providing unpaid translation services because so many Ukrainians wanted to access work but there were language barriers. So, it's better than…
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
And finally from me in this set of questions: to what extent has the wraparound support, such as English language training and translation services or transfer of qualifications, remained available to people after they’ve left their initial accommodation? And…
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
We've only got 25 minutes left, and quite a bit to get through, so again I remind everybody to be as concise as possible. Now that welcome centres and other initial accommodation are closed, how is the Welsh Government managing the risk of Ukrainians becoming…
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Are some local authorities still offering financial support, for example, to help with rent and deposits to Ukrainians that is not available to other groups in need?
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
But the Welsh Government has overall responsibility for policy and oversight, so monitoring and evaluation, I would suggest, from an audit committee's or a public accounts committee's viewpoint, should be at the centre of this. Moving on, to what extent is…
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Whilst that's fully understood and clearly a non-discriminatory approach should apply in that way, would it not help to have the data to inform future planning in these areas, and an understanding of how the needs of the Ukrainians who have arrived might…
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Okay. What information do you now have on the number of Ukrainians that moved into properties secured through the transitional accommodation capital programme? If those figures are not yet available, when will they be?
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Thank you. What is the latest position regarding the number of local authorities applying the refusals policy since the end of June 2023, and the income raised in consequence? Has the Welsh Government now completed its review of the refusals policy and, if…
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Thank you. I'll bring in Natahsa Asghar.
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Sioned Evans.
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
I think Ms Williams was first and then I'll bring—.
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
And I think it should perhaps also be noted for the record, certainly from my casework, that a number of pupils were unable to take up their school placements until they'd had that screening, which is certainly something I corresponded with you about at the…
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Okay. Thank you.
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Excuse me, Mike. Emma Williams would like to come in first.
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Okay, thank you. I'll bring in Mike Hedges, who has some questions for you.
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
We're always wary of acronyms that we all understand but not—. The great people of Wales who may be watching this wouldn't necessarily understand the acronym. Thank you. Finally from me, and it's following on from the early part of your answer then, what, if…
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Thank you. And you used the term 'private rented sector'; I think, earlier on, the term 'PRS' was used, so I presume they—
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Yes, Ms Williams.
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
So, again, with the benefit of hindsight, what, if anything, would you have done differently?
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Okay, thank you. On what basis did you think that Ukrainians would move on from welcome centres within 12 weeks, and what might you have done differently in trying to assess accommodation needs with the benefit of hindsight?
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Thank you. Again, I was told that there were effectively three waves of arrivals. The initial wave was people perhaps in professions, highly skilled, qualified people who could afford to leave early. The later arrivals were those who then became subject to…
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
Lovely, yes. Ruth.
6 Tachwedd 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Cefnogi Wcreiniaid yng Nghymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag uwch-swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru
You know the skill sets better than me, so—
