The Education Portfolio

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 2:14 pm on 18 July 2018.

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Photo of Llyr Gruffydd Llyr Gruffydd Plaid Cymru 2:14, 18 July 2018

(Translated)

I was very pleased that Plaid Cymru was able to achieve an additional investment of £30 million capital funding, as part of our agreement on the supplementary budget, to expand Welsh-medium education. By now, I have received confirmation that all local authorities in Wales have put in a bid for a proportion of that money. In fact, the total of applications is over £100 million. So, I would like to ask the Cabinet Secretary what that tells us about the demand that exists for creating investment in Welsh-medium education. What message does that send to you as Cabinet Secretary as you consider your budget for next year? Will you consider at least continuing with that type of investment in the coming year, if you’re not in a position to be able to increase it?