Question follow-through · 91273

Police: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers recruited since 2019 have required English language training after appointment.

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Home Office
Tabled
14 Nov 2025
Target answer date
18 Nov 2025
Answer
26 Nov 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers recruited since 2019 have required English language training after appointment.

  2. 18 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Decisions about police recruitment, including how recruitment and selection processes are run, are a matter for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners and are therefore managed locally by forces. This is done within a national application, as...

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