In April 2012 the responsibility for promoting the use of the Welsh language and for administering grants in support of the language transferred from the Welsh Language Board to the Welsh Government.
Ym mis Ebrill 2012 trosglwyddwyd y cyfrifoldeb am hybu’r defnydd o’r Gymraeg ac o weinyddu grant i gefnogi’r iaith o Fwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg i Lywodraeth Cymru.