Question follow-through · 91650
English Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on increasing capacity of English as a Second Language Provision (ESOL) in line with the Government’s White Paper on Immigration.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 17 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2025 · 9 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
17 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress he has made on increasing capacity of English as a Second Language Provision (ESOL) in line with the Government’s White Paper on Immigration.
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Nov 2025
Answer published
Through the Adult Skills Fund (ASF), the Department for Work and Pensions supports adults aged 19+ in England who speak English as a second or additional language to access English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) provision. ASF co-funds or fully-fu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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