English Language: Education

Department for Education written question – answered at on 17 January 2017.

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Photo of Paul Scully Paul Scully Conservative, Sutton and Cheam

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the value to the economy of the teaching of English as a second language.

Photo of Robert Halfon Robert Halfon Minister of State (Department of Education) (Apprenticeships and Skills)

Findings from a 2016 study of the economic benefits of learning maths and English in Further Education,[1] show that adults who achieve ESOL qualifications secure an average wage premium of 6%.

[1]https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/522300/bis-16-180-maths-english-learning.pdf

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