Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 82834
Social Security Benefits: English Language
Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to introduce English language learning as a condition of benefit receipt for foreign nationals.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Department can require that claimants attend English language courses as a work preparation activity if this will make them more likely to find work, or to increase the hours they work. A sanction - which is a reduction in the amount of Universal Cred...
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