Thank you for your statement on the Summer of Fun 2022 this afternoon, Deputy Minister. I welcome measures that support the well-being of our children and young people here in Wales, in particular encouraging increased participation in recreational and sporting activities, getting children out of the house during summer months to enhance their physical and mental well-being. But we need to ensure that, regardless of where a child lives in Wales, their access to these provisions is not subject to a postcode lottery. You noted that over 67,000 young people engaged in last year's Summer of Fun, and I would like to know how the Welsh Government came to this total and recorded the number of participants this programme reached. Given that the provisions were implemented by each of the 22 local authorities, most of these authorities, according to the evaluation summary on the 2021 scheme, reported that funding offered additionality to business-as-usual provision, meaning that funding the Welsh Government offered for the Summer of Fun in these cases just provided additional financial support to local summer programmes already planned or organised.

Part of the postcode lottery on this scheme is how the local authorities or third party groups structured their Summer of Fun delivery model, with three options apparently being available—a combination of open-access and targeted provisions, which is model 1; an open-access programme for all, model 2; or an entirely targeted programme of events, model 3—with the evaluation report noting that the authority's approach was dependent on local interpretation of the guidance, team capacity and whether they had an existing summer offer to build on. So, in certain areas of Wales, all children in the area could attend these events and activities, and then, in other parts, they were exclusively for more of a select few. So, Deputy Minister, do you think that's a fair way to implement the programme? And speaking of fair, how is this £7 million going to be distributed across the 22 local authorities, and what actions are the Welsh Government taking to quality assure delivery once the funds are given?

This quality assurance was noted as a recommendation of the evaluation, along with a key challenge being raised of such a short time frame between the funding announcement and the programme start date in 2021. As a result, most local authorities started delivery in late July rather than the project start date of 1 July, at the beginning of the month. So, how is the Welsh Government going to avoid such delays with future schemes? And to close, I'd like to raise that only 7 per cent of the participants last year were aged 16 to 25, only 5 per cent had additional learning needs, and disabled people accounted for 3 per cent of those who attended. So, what is the Welsh Government doing to increase the programme reach to these audiences and encourage inclusivity in these events? Thank you.