Question follow-through · 31576
English Language
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of how many people in the UK do not speak English as a first language.
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
- 13 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of how many people in the UK do not speak English as a first language.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2025
Answer published
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 13th February is attached.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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