Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Education – in the Senedd at 1:38 pm on 3 July 2019.
Well, the organisation and planning for local schools of whichever medium of tuition is a matter, quite rightly, for local education authorities. What Welsh Government has is an enabling role, and the role of encouraging those education authorities to push the boundaries. And as I said, we have set out our expectations very clearly of the increase in the number of children that we would expect to be taught through the medium of Welsh in that particular county borough, and also, to support that, Bridgend have received approval in principle, of some £2.6 million through the Welsh-medium and childcare offer, and, as I said, that's to ensure that those parents, utilising the opportunity of the Welsh Government's childcare or early years provision, can do that in an extended Welsh-medium sector.