Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 5239

English Language: Education

Tabled: 10 September 2024

Answered: 7 October 2024

Named Day

Question

Tom Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of English Language Teaching centres that have closed permanently since the pandemic began.

Answer

Gareth Thomas

This Department has not made an estimate of the number of English Language Teaching (ELT) centres that have closed permanently since the pandemic began, but is aware of data published by English UK which states that one in six of the UK's 415 language sch...

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