HC Deb 12 June 1996 vol 279 cc152-3W
Mr. Wigley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will ensure that the census in the year 2001 includes questions relating to the number of people in Wales who understand the Welsh language. [31307]

Mrs. Angela Knight

The census offices expect to include questions in the 2001 census in Wales on whether respondents understand, speak, read and write Welsh. This would provide additional information to the questions asked in the 1991 census which covered speaking, reading, and writing Welsh, but not understanding Welsh.

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