Thank you for your statement, Cabinet Secretary. We in UKIP Wales welcome your announcement of £3 million in support of Wales's brightest and most talented pupils. It is important to nurture talent and identify who our brightest pupils are at the earliest possible stage. So, because this needs to be done earlier than at sixth-form level it is a good initiative for the Seren network to embark upon targeting younger learners.

Also, I'd like to ask how sustainable you think the £3 million is going to be in achieving your target. How productive is it going to be in the educational system? Do you think also—I think so—that this initiative may not have been necessary if we did have schools that catered for everyone's individual talents and abilities and we did have grammar schools, secondary schools and technical colleges for pupils at quite young ages?

I'm pleased that you said about Y Pant School, because Y Pant School was a school that went in between the grammar school and the secondary school many years ago. So, pupils, if they went to a secondary school at the age of 11, they then had an opportunity at 12 where their talent was identified to achieve a place in Y Pant School or go to the grammar school. So, nobody was missed, really. I thought that that was quite a good system and Y Pant School was a very good school to bring on pupils' abilities and strengths because a one-size policy doesn't fit all and we have to recognise that.

It's good announcing this extra funding that will be specifically targeted for pupils who are earmarked early to go to a leading university. But what are we doing to support our children who aren't academic in the traditional sense of the word, but who are just as talented? What are we doing to support children who aspire to do an apprenticeship and learn a trade? I'm talking about pre GCSE. Wales's brightest and most talented pupils, as you describe, are not just academic, but are those that work hard at what they're good at, who excel in physical education, art or design. So, talent does not necessarily equate to academic ability. I'd like to know what you are going to be doing for these pupils.

One area that may help those who are most academically talented in traditional subjects are sixth term examination papers and special papers. These papers are seen as positives for admission in some subjects in Russell Group universities, such as Cambridge and Warwick. So, Cabinet Secretary, could you outline what improvements the Welsh Government and the Seren network are making to ensure that students receive the very best of preparation if they decide to take such examinations? Thank you.