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English Language: Education

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 26 November 2024UIN 14785

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who took an English for Speakers of Other Languages class claimed Universal Credit in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of the provision of those classes in the same period.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The information requested is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions. English for Speakers of Other Languages and other skills data is held by Department for Education for England only. Devolved administrations will hold data on participants on ESOL courses.

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