Question follow-through · 56
English Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to improve access to the English for Speakers of Other Languages scheme.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 27 May 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to improve access to the English for Speakers of Other Languages scheme.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2026
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. Government publishes st...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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