Question follow-through · 14785
English Language: Education
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 provisio
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2024
Question tabled
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 provisio
20 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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26 Nov 2024
Answer published
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 E...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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