Written question WQ94156

The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill addresses the need for a Welsh language education workforce in three specific ways:

• The National Framework for Welsh Language Education and Learning Welsh must include an assessment of the number of education practitioners needed in each local authority to meet targets for provision.

• At a local authority level, the Bill states that a local authority's Local Welsh in Education Strategic Plans must set out the steps it will take to ensure it has sufficient education practitioners working in its area to meet the targets set on it in the Framework.

• The National Institute for Learning Welsh will be required to plan to develop the education workforce for the purpose of improving Welsh language teaching.

Further detail can be found in the Explanatory Memorandum laid before the Senedd on 15 July 2024.