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The journey to a million

Overall target: 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050

2011 2017 2021

Trajectory: 562,000 570,000* 600,000
Number of Welsh speakers *projection

How will we get there?

2017 2021
Increase the language transmission rate Continue the trend of a
small increase seen between
the 2001 and 2011 Census

Increase the proportion of learners who leave New curriculum
school able to speak Welsh introduced

Increase the proportion of learners in Welsh-medium 7,700* 8,400
education (22%) (24%)
Currently based on seven-year-olds assessed in Welsh first language.
The targets are based on the assumption that the number of children in each * 2015/16 data
year group will remain broadly constant at around 35,000 during this period.

Increase the number of teachers teaching Welsh Primary* Primary
or teaching through the medium of Welsh 2,900 3,100
Secondary* Secondary

500 teaching 600 teaching
Welsh Welsh
1,800 teaching 2,200
through the teaching
medium of through the
Welsh medium of
Welsh
* 2015/16 data

Increase the number of adults who become Assumption of
Welsh speakers an additional
1,000 each
year after 2011

Target to increase the use of Welsh

2017 2021

Percentage of people who speak Welsh daily and can 10%* 11%
speak more than just a few words of Welsh *2013–15 data

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