Ministers: Correspondence

(asked on 16th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what procedures are in place for Ministers in all Government departments to respond to written Welsh correspondence in that language.


Answered by
Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
This question was answered on 24th April 2018

Government Departments have worked with the Welsh Language Commissioner to develop their schemes.

Under the principle of equality, departments will write in Welsh to an individual, group or organisation which they 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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