MS, Minister for Education
and Welsh Language: Today, I’m announcing the publication of
the Cymraeg 2050
Action Plan for 2024-25. This document
describes how we’ll continue to implement the objectives
contained in our strategy, Cymraeg 2050: A million Welsh
speakers during the 2024-25 financial year.
The Action Plan reflects the steps set out in
the Cymraeg 2050 Work Programme for 2021-2026,
as well as our Programme for Government and the Co-operation
Agreement with Plaid Cymru. The Plan outlines the work the Welsh
Government will undertake during the 2024-25 financial year to
deliver against the two main targets, as follows:
- The number of Welsh speakers to reach 1 million by 2050.
- The percentage of the population that speak Welsh daily, and
can speak more than just a few words of Welsh, to increase from
10% (in 2013-15) to 20% by 2050.
This year, we will continue to work under the three themes within
our language strategy:
- Increase the number of Welsh speakers.
- Increase the use of Welsh.
- Creating favourable conditions – infrastructure and context.
Our work will be undertaken across various Ministerial portfolios
and with a wide range of stakeholders across Wales and beyond. We
will do this in order to move forward on our journey towards a
million Welsh-speakers and to double the daily use of our
language.
