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Migrants: English Language

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 19 June 2025UIN 59060

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of adult migrants resident in the UK for over five years who are proficient in (a) spoken and (b) written English.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 11th June is attached.

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