What plans does the Cabinet Secretary have to increase the numbers of BSL teachers able to train new translators?
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Education
| Answered on 16/12/2025
The Curriculum for Wales includes BSL versions of guidance and guidance on teaching BSL both for deaf BSL signers and other learners, enabling BSL to be taught as a language.
Welsh Government is committed to strengthening the provision of BSL across our Welsh public services and are supporting Mark Isherwood’s BSL (Wales) Bill, which aims to promote and facilitate BSL in Wales.
The BSL Stakeholder group, established in January 2025 has produced short-term recommendations which include mapping BSL within the existing teaching workforce to understand levels of BSL provision.