Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 18486
Pupils: Languages
Tabled: 9 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent estimate of how many primary school children do not speak English as their first language.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe department publishes information on whether a pupil is known to speak English as a first language or not. This data can be found in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ publication, based on the January 2024 school census. The most recent f...
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