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Department for Work and Pensions: English Language

Asked by Sir James CleverlyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 19 November 2025UIN 90225

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2025 to Question 75606 on Community Development: English Language, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of providing English language support in

Answered by Andrew Western

The information on actual spend is not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.

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