PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
English Language: Education (9 January 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Casey Report of December 2016, what plans the Government has to improve the provision of English as a second language courses.

Asked by:
Mr Clive Betts (Labour)

The manifesto committed the Government to bring forward a new integration strategy, which will include proposals to teach more people to speak English. We are working closely with other government Departments, including the Department for Education, in preparing the integration strategy, which we will publish for consultation shortly.

Answered by:
Rishi Sunak (Conservative)
16 January 2018