Question follow-through · 82835
Local Government: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the levels of English language proficiency of staff working in local authority (a) housing and (b) social services.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 22 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the levels of English language proficiency of staff working in local authority (a) housing and (b) social services.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Oct 2025
Answer published
Local authorities are independent employers responsible for the management of their own workforces and compliance with all relevant employment legislation. They are expected to organise their workforce so that it is best placed to meet the needs of their ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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