Question follow-through · 26555
Households: English Language
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of households have resident adults with no English language proficiency.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of households have resident adults with no English language proficiency.
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Feb 2025
Answer published
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27 Feb 2025
Answer corrected
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 27th January is now available in the House Library.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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