Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 70939

Pupils: Languages

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 10 October 2025

Named Day

Question

Neil O'Brien

Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils who did not have English as their first language had each different non-English language as their first language in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

Georgia Gould

The department collects data where a pupil’s first language is known or believed to be other than English. Where a pupil is recorded to speak a first language known or believed to be other than English, a language is recorded. The attached document shows ...

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