Every local authority in Wales provides Welsh-medium education. However, laying the foundations of extending access to Welsh-medium education is a long-term campaign. We're breaking new ground with the 10-year Welsh in education strategic plans, and I look forward to seeing that work bear fruit.

Our national mission is to raise standards for all children and young people regardless of where they live in Wales. We will continue to do this through our wide-ranging reform programme and unprecedented investment, as well as targeted support for specific cohorts and disadvantaged and vulnerable learners.

The Welsh Government is committed to achieving equity and inclusion so all learners, including those with hearing impairment, have access to an education that enables them to reach their potential. The new additional learning needs system puts learners at the centre and will ensure support is properly planned and protected.

The South Wales West region benefited from a total investment of £218.2 million during the first wave funding of the twenty-first century schools and colleges programme. A further £304.5 million investment, with a 65 per cent Welsh Government intervention rate, is planned for the second wave of funding, which began in 2019.