Asked by: Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru - Ceredigion)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which of her Department's online services are only available in the Welsh language on request.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Government is committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met, in accordance with the requirements of departmental Welsh Language Schemes.
The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England.
The Department is responsible for two bodies that provide online services to the public in Wales: the Student Loans Company (SLC) and Teachers’ Pensions. The SLC’s main website provides announcements specifically to Welsh students in both languages, and the Student Finance Wales website is available in the Welsh language at: http://www.cyllidmyfyrwyrcymru.co.uk/.
The Teachers’ Pensions website: https://www.teacherspensions.co.uk offers to provide a Welsh translation of any Teachers’ Pensions documentation on request.