Facts & Figures

• A total of 58,652 people in Scotland can speak Gaelic (according to the 2001 Census)

 

• A total of 92,396 people have some Gaelic language ability (2001 Census)

 

• There are over 46 million minority language speakers in Europe

 

• There are 3,086 pupils in Gaelic Medium Education

 

• A total of 3,641 pupils take Gaelic as a subject in secondary education

 

• A total of 486,987 people visited BBC Scotland’s Colin and Cumberland webpage in its first week

 

• Bòrd na Gàidhlig received grant-in-aid worth £2.394m from the Scottish Executive in the financial year 2004-2005, and the Scottish Executive awarded grant-in-aid worth £2.809m to Bòrd na Gàidhlig in the financial year 2005-2006

 

• Bòrd na Gàidhlig will receive grant-in-aid worth £4.409m in 2006-2007, and the increase is mostly to enable Bòrd na Gàidhlig to assist local authorities and other public bodies to implement Gaelic language plans

 

• More people with Gaelic language ability live in Na h-Eileanan Siar (18,420), Highland (18,360) and Argyll and Bute (6,520) than in any other local authority areas (Census 2001)

 

• Bòrd na Gàidhlig awarded 73 grants worth £1,860,115 in 2004-2005