PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Migrant Workers: English Language (16 November 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assistance his Department is providing to help businesses to employ migrants with in-demand skills but poor English language skills.

Asked by:
Imran Hussain (Labour)

In our approach to skills, we aim to create a fair balance between the investment made by Government, the employer and the individual. We believe that non-native speakers of English, who choose to live in the UK, should be expected to invest in the improvement of their English, with some exceptions. Similarly, where employers seek to rely on non-English speaking labour, it is their responsibility to cover the cost of training employees.

Answered by:
Nick Boles (Independent)
24 November 2015