Question follow-through · 73665

Pupils: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils who have English as a second language.

answeredDepartment for Education

About this written question

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 1 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2025
Answer: 3 Oct 2025 · 32 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils who have English as a second language.
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Oct 2025
Answer published
The requested data on the number of primary and secondary school pupils who have English as an additional language can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics/2024-25.The m...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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