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<p>Universal Credit claims in the Welsh language is available to anyone making a new
claim in Wales now that roll-out is complete.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Welsh
Language Scheme also offers legacy claimants the ability to be communicated with,
orally or written, via the medium of Welsh; they do not have to wait to be moved over
to Universal Credit via managed migration to take advantage of Welsh language services.</p><p>
</p><p>Our internal data suggests that 290 Universal Credit claimants (or 1.6% of
new claims made in Wales since 5 December 2018) have declared a Welsh language preference.</p><p>
</p><p>We have agreed to pilot the initial approach to migration slowly and gradually,
but (as set out in Written Statement <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statements/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons,lords&use-dates=True&answered-from=2019-01-11&answered-to=2019-01-11&dept=29"
target="_blank">HCWS1243</a> on 11 January 2019) this does not affect the timeline
for the overall delivery of Universal Credit.</p>
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