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Welsh Language Standards


Flintshire County Council’s Welsh Language Scheme will be replaced by the new Welsh Language Standards on 30 March 2016. The Welsh Language Commissioner has issued a notice to all Council in Wales setting out the Standards with which they must comply. 

The aim of the Standards is to continue and develop the work of Welsh Language Schemes:

  • improving the services Welsh-speakers can expect to receive from organisations in Welsh
  • increasing the use people make of Welsh-language services
  • making it clear to organisations what they need to do in terms of the Welsh language

The Standards cover Service Delivery, Policy Making, Operational, Promotional  and Record Keeping.

Welsh Language Standards for Flintshire County Council
Welsh Language Compliance Notice

More information on the Welsh Language Standards is available on the Welsh Language Commissioner’s website.

If you would like to make a complaint about Flintshire County Council’s compliance with the Welsh language Standards please use the Council’s Complaints procedure.

Five Year Welsh Language Promotion Strategy


Profile of Welsh speakers in Flintshire
Table: Knowledge of Welsh (2011 & 2021)
Source: Census 2011 & Census 2021 

 

Flintshire

Wales

2011 Census

2011 Census

      No.      

%

%

All aged 3+

146,940

-

-

No knowledge of Welsh

116,670

79.4%

78.6%

Understands spoken Welsh only

6,465

4.4%

5.3%

All Welsh speakers

21,159

14.4%

19.0%

Speaks, reads or writes Welsh

16,016

10.9%

14.6%

 

 

Flintshire

Wales

2021 Census

2021 Census

      No.      

%

%

All aged 3+

155,000

-

-

No knowledge of Welsh

126,015

81.3%

74.8%

Understands spoken Welsh only

7,750

5%

5.2%

All Welsh speakers

17,980

11.6%

17.8%

Speaks, reads or writes Welsh

21,235

13.7%

20%

More detailed information on the profile of Welsh speakers in the county is available from Stats Wales.