Will the Minister publish the change in the percentage of education practitioners who can speak Welsh, every year since 2011? W
Data regarding the ability of school teachers to speak Welsh is currently published on an annual basis by the Education Workforce Council. The percentage of all registered school teachers who can speak Welsh has increased each year since 2011. 33. 3% of registered teachers were able to speak Welsh in 2016 compared with 32. 0% in 2011.
Percentage of registered school teachers who are able to speak Welsh
| 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| 32. 0% | 32. 3% | 32. 5% | 32. 9% | 33. 1% | 33. 3% |
Source: Education Workforce Council Annual Digest 2016
The figures above include school teachers only. Data on the number of practitioners in further education and higher education institutions who are able to speak Welsh are currently not available.
Further information on teachers able to teach through the medium of Welsh in schools is available at the following link: http://www.ewc.wales/site/index.php/en/documents/research-and-statistics/annual-statistics-digest/84-ewc-annual-statistics-digest-2016
Higher education data is available on staff that are able to teach through Welsh. The latest data is at the following link (latest data is due to be published on 29th September): http://gov.wales/docs/statistics/2015/150929-welsh-higher-education-institutions-2013-14-en.pdf