Cabinet Office: Welsh Language

(asked on 20th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what translation arrangements his Department has put in place to enable efficient and accurate handling of Welsh language correspondence from (a) MPs and (b) the general public.


Answered by
Oliver Dowden Portrait
Oliver Dowden
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
This question was answered on 21st March 2018

The Cabinet Office has worked with the Welsh Language Commissioner to develop its scheme.

Under the principle of equality the Cabinet Office will write in Welsh to an individual, group or organisation which we know works mainly in Welsh, or which has already notified us that it prefers to receive letters in Welsh. It will also respond in Welsh following a face-to face meeting or telephone call conducted in Welsh where follow-up correspondence is required (unless they have indicated they would prefer a response in English).

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