Question follow-through · 84905
English Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding her Department has provided for the provision of English for Speakers of Other Language courses in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 3 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding her Department has provided for the provision of English for Speakers of Other Language courses in each of the last five years.
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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3 Nov 2025
Answer published
The information is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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