Education Minister Jane Hutt has visited Newport High School in Bettws to outline her spending priorities for the draft Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills budget which stands at over £2billion in 2010/11. In addition to allocating significant funding to meet the Welsh Assembly Government’s One Wales commitments, the Minister has made an additional £20.5million of funding available to help those young people who have been hit hardest by the economic downturn. Funding includes £13million to extend the Skillbuild programme and the Pathways to Apprenticeships scheme. There is also £6.7million available for the Young Person’s Guarantee, which includes the Future Jobs Fund. Draft Budget October 2009 and the Press release by Andrew Davies, Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery
