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Pupils: Languages

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 10 October 2025UIN 70939

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who did not have English as their first language had each different non-English language as their first language in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The department collects data where a pupil’s first language is known or believed to be other than English. Where a pupil is recorded to speak a first language known or believed to be other than English, a language is recorded. The attached document shows the number of pupils in England, by first language spoken, over the last ten years.

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