HC Deb 26 January 1990 vol 165 cc905-6W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by grade those posts in his Department for which a knowledge of Welsh is essential.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

[holding answer 23 January 1990]The information is as follows:

  • 1 Grade 7
  • I HEO
    • 906
  • 2 EO
  • 1 AO
  • 2 Typists

In addition there are a number of work areas within my Department in which a proportion of Welsh speakers is very desirable. Staff are recruited and deployed accordingly.

Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by grade those staff, excluding Her Majesty's inspectorate, in his Department's education division, whose duties involve the Government's proposals for the introduction of Welsh in the national curriculum who are able to conduct the full range of their responsibilities through the medium of Welsh.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

[holding answer 23 January 1990]: No such criterion is used, but the following information relates to numbers of Welsh speakers whose duties include the proposals for the introduction of Welsh in the national curriculum:

  • 1 Grade 2
  • 1 Grade 3
  • 1 Grade 5
  • 1 HEO