Cornish Language: Education

(asked on 6th May 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 35516, how much funding was allocated to programmes to support the learning of the Cornish language in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Lord Wharton of Yarm Portrait
Lord Wharton of Yarm
This question was answered on 12th May 2016

DCLG Cornish language funding to Cornwall Council since 2010.

Year Annual funding

2010/11 £150,000

2011/12 £140,000

2012/13 £120,000

2013/14 £100,000

2014/15 £120,000

2015/16 £150,000


Cornwall Council has a core spending power of £1.7 billion over the next four years.

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