3. To what extent does the Welsh Government make payments to schools in the private sector? OAQ(5)0033(EDU)

The Welsh Government does not make payments to schools in the private sector.

I thank the Cabinet Secretary for her answer. Could she confirm, which I’ve seen from an FOI request from one of her constituents, whether the Welsh Government continues to make a payment of £90,000 a year to the private, fee-paying London Welsh School?

The Welsh Government does indeed make a payment to support Welsh-medium education in London, where many Welsh people find themselves working and want to avail themselves of a Welsh-medium education for their children. We do know that education is vital in ensuring that the Welsh Government’s exciting and exacting targets on Welsh speakers—. If it’s to be met, we do need to focus on education and we want to be able to support that where practically we can, and in this instance we support it in London.

On a point of order—

Question 4, Nick Ramsay.

On a point of order—

Question 4, Nick Ramsay.

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