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Languages: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department has reduced funding for the language hubs programme.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
15 Oct 2025
Answer
21 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department has reduced funding for the language hubs programme.

  2. 15 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The government is continuing to fund the National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE). NCLE is delivering a new model of support for schools that can potentially reach a greater number of schools nationally. The new programme, which replaces Languag...

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