<p>Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 1:43 pm on 22 March 2017.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 1:43, 22 March 2017

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Well, I fear saying anything now, if truth be told, but, thank you, Llywydd. [Laughter.]

I want to pursue a similar theme, but perhaps in a very different way—let’s put it in those terms. The education committee over the past few months has heard a fair amount of evidence on the pressure faced by schools at the moment in terms of difficulties of capacity, teachers’ workload and so on, and the clear theme emerging time and time again is the funding situation for schools across the nation. The strain on school budgets is very grave indeed in a number of cases. Indeed, one person told us that he had reached breaking point in his experience, and there’s also evidence demonstrating that schools are using funding sources allocated for specific purposes in order just to maintain staffing levels and not to deliver what that funding is aimed at delivering. Are you aware of that reality as a Government, and if you are, do you recognise that such a situation is not sustainable?