PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
English Language: Education (17 October 2017)

We are working across government to support adults in England to secure the English language skills they need for life and work. This is why adults in England are eligible for fully- or co-funded English for Speakers of Other Languages courses, depending on their employment status. In 2016/17 the Department supported 114,400 adults to improve their English language skills.

Since 2013, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has invested £12 million to support 54,000 isolated adults to learn English in community settings at pre-entry level, focusing on women with no or very little English who are unlikely to access classes in more formal settings.

The Government has also made available up to £10 million over five years for additional English language training and support for people resettled under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme to help them integrate into British society.

DCLG has been reviewing the available evidence on the main causes of poor integration and we will bring forward plans for tackling these issues through a new integration strategy.