Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 17 October 2017.
Llyr Gruffydd
Plaid Cymru
1:37,
17 October 2017
What steps is the Government taking to ensure that the funding available within the twenty-first century schools budget is used to enhance Welsh-medium education? Because we know, for example, that there is a higher rate of support for faith schools—it’s 85 per cent, as I understand it, rather than 50 per cent for schools more generally. Would you be prepared to consider a similar method to that, possibly, to ensure that you reach your target in terms of a million Welsh speakers?
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