, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Yes. Broadly speaking, part of it will be provided to the Eisteddfod, as you said, some will be provided to RhAG, to provide information to families from refugee backgrounds so that they know what's available in terms of Welsh language provision, and some of…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
It's been available to students in training since 2018-19. It is split into two payments, one within a year of qualification, and then one within a year of successfully taking up a post. It has been a success. What I would say is that it is one part of what…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Well, yes. The response to both those questions is 'yes'. What's clear is that some local authorities have been doing this for longer periods. They have been innovating to do that, by the way, and therefore they have an opportunity to expand what they do, but…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Sorry to have interrupted you. It's a fair point, and when you do have a long-term strategy, as you know, it's important that you do have milestones along the way. So, the most current of those milestones is the target that will emerge as a result of the 2021…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Just in terms of some context to this, it might be useful for me to explain that we have a capital programme of £46 million, or we previously had that. That was extended by a further £30 million at the beginning of last year. So, there's a capital package of…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
So, this is a policy that relates not only to the Welsh Language Commissioner, but across Government. Perhaps I'll ask Bethan to explain the details of how that happens, and what will happen in the context where we would need an enhanced budget for that kind…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Forgive me. Forgive me. There is a general position that applies to all commissioners in relation to access to reserves, which I think is the mechanism that, in the past, has been used to address the point that you are raising.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Well, just to give you some context, the intention is to provide £3.2 million revenue for this year, £50,000 capital budget for work on information and communications technology specifically, and £120,000 non-cash, which is part of funding the commissioner…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Well, we're maintaining that £2.7 million, as you said. That's in addition to what we used to call the Welsh in education scheme grant. That was some £5.6 million when it had been allocated separately. It's now been part of the education improvement grant for…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Well, we continue to support that work. We have an annual budget of some £6.4 million in the budget expenditure line for that. The purpose, of course, is to upskill the current workforce so that they have enhanced capacity and better skills to provide. The…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Well, part of it is about making it easier for people to access a career in teaching through the medium of Welsh in terms of how you qualify and how you transfer into the secondary sector. So, that's the purpose of the bridging programme between the primary…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Well, thank you for that. In this budget, we allocate additional funding over the next three years to implement our 10-year plan, which we'll introduce in the spring. We're currently working on that with stakeholders in the sector, and the purpose of that is…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Well, I think that's certainly changing. The point I wanted to ask Owain to cover was the programme board established with officials across Government, so I will ask him to provide some detail on that in a few moments. But what I would say is that, certainly…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
I'll give a ministerial response, and perhaps I could ask Owain or Bethan for comments on how the civil service is responding—
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Yes, we have the 2050 project, which is responsible for that within Government, but we also recognise that we need a better understanding of the socioeconomic impact on the Welsh language. There's a piece of work that the commission that we'll establish under…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Well, I don't agree that there is less emphasis on the promotion of the Welsh language. We have to look at what you mean by that, of course. And, in terms of accountability and the work of the committee in scrutinising my work as a Minister, it might be…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
One of the things that we realised quite some time ago in terms of the viability of the language in areas that we've described in the past as 'heartlands', in those communities where the language prospers, that we need to support that through economic…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
For language policy?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
The first thing to say is that this is a cross-governmental strategy. No single department—not even my department—can reach that target alone, so we do need to collaborate with other Ministers and that is at the heart of the success of the strategy. So, the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Some of the comments I've already made in terms of the early years are pertinent to that. The budget for next year includes an additional £5.8 million for the Welsh language bringing it to a total of £43.6 million, and there will be further increases in…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
No, it's not my idea; it's a well-established concept among us. The intention, of course, is to ensure that we ensure that there is as little duplication in the process as possible, but I can't claim responsibility for the phrase.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
Well, we continue to invest in the early years. The early years is one of the priorities that we have in our programme for government, and we all know that investment in the early years brings benefits in the longer term. And, in accordance with that, in the…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Scrutiny of Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Welsh Language
I'm Jeremy Miles, Minister for Education and the Welsh Language in the Welsh Government.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 11
Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill—evidence session 11
Chair, I may have to confirm that to you. I'm currently looking through my notes, if I can be candid with you. I don't know the answer to that off the top of my head, but perhaps I can follow up in correspondence with you.
