Question follow-through · 52351

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) combined authorities and (b) local English for Speakers of Other Languages hubs (i) monitor uptake of English language support by British National (Overseas) visa holde

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
14 May 2025
Target answer date
16 May 2025
Answer
22 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) combined authorities and (b) local English for Speakers of Other Languages hubs (i) monitor uptake of English language support by British National (Overseas) visa holde

  2. 16 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 May 2025

    Answer published

    The government is spending £1.4 billion on the Adult Skills Fund (ASF) in the 2024/25 academic year, which funds English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) provision for adult learners.The general principle within ASF rules is that adults must be ordi...

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Possible follow-up questions

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4 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure cross-border cooperation between local education authorities in the planning and allocation of school places.

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Employment: British National (Overseas)

6 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by British Future entitled Working it Out: Hong Kongers, Employment and the Cost of Living, published o

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pre-school Education: Literacy

17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a place-based approach to early years services to support literacy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Higher Education: Suicide

17 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the independent report entitled National review of higher education student suicide deaths, published on 21 May 2025, whether she plans to introduce a duty of candour for the higher education

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Employment: British National (Overseas)

23 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 58068 on Employment: British National (Overseas), if her Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the report by Bri

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Teachers: Training

25 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking help to ensure that teachers are trained to (a) identify and (b) support children with dyslexia; and if she will take steps to introduce universal dyslexia screening checks f

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Apprentices: Advisory Services

26 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of withdrawing postgraduate-level apprenticeship funding on (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the independent advice sector.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Security: Adult Education

26 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider ring-fenced funding for adult learners of all ages to access accredited (a) training and (b) qualifications in social-welfare advice.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Family Hubs

26 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a national outcomes framework for family hubs.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Family Hubs

26 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure that all local authorities provide family hubs in their community.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Visas: British National (Overseas)

2 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's planned timetable is for issuing guidance to dependents of BN(O) visa holders who plan to start university in 2026 on whether they will be eligible for home fee status.