Question follow-through · 5455
Elections: Languages
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of the use of non-English language campaign material during local and general elections.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of the use of non-English language campaign material during local and general elections.
3 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government has no plans to assess or regulate the use of non-English language campaign materials at elections. Campaigners are permitted to use foreign languages to engage voters who come from a wide range of diverse backgrounds.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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