Nid yw’r uchafswm o £50 yr wythnos wedi newid ers iddi gael ei gyflwyno am y tro cyntaf yn 2011, ac efallai y bydd Aelodau’n gwybod fy mod i wedi bod yn ymgynghori’n ddiweddar ar fy nghynnig i adolygu ei lefel i £55 yr wythnos o fis Ebrill eleni a £60 yr wythnos o fis Ebrill 2015. Ers hynny mae chwyddiant o tua 10% wedi bod, gyda sgil effaith ar gostau darparu gwasanaethau, a chynnydd o tua 7.5% ym mhensiynau’r wladwriaeth a budd-daliadau dros y tair blynedd hyd at yn awr. O ganlyniad, gan fod y cynllun wedi ymsefydlu erbyn hyn, teimlaf mai dyma’r adeg iawn i ddiweddaru ei lefel.
The level of the maximum of £50 per week has not changed since it was first introduced in 2011 and Members may be aware that I have been recently consulting on my proposal to revise its level to £55 per week from April this year and £60 per week from April 2015. Since that time there has been inflation of around 10% in total, with a knock on effect on service provision costs, and increases in state pensions and welfare benefits of around 7.5% in total over the three years to now. Consequently, as this initiative has now bedded down I feel the time is right to update its level.