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<span class="gmail-publication-date">Posted: October 07, 2016</span>
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<p>FIGURES have been released which show that the number
of Welsh speakers in some of Ceredigion's public institutions has
declined since last year.</p><p>Stats show that only 51 per
cent of Ceredigion Council employees can speak Welsh, compared to 58 per
cent in 2015. The number of Welsh speakers at Hywel Dda University
Health Board has also fallen from 29 per cent to 27 per cent, and from
53 per cent to 45 per cent at Dyfed-Powys Police.</p><p>These
figures are in spite of Ceredigion Council launching a language
strategy, which was prepared by the Ceredigion Local Service Board
Bilingual Future Executive Group, which aims to "promote and encourage
the wider use of Welsh in all aspects of the social and economic life of
Ceredigion".</p></div></div></div><span><br>Read more at
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