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.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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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. 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.

  2. 3 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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