Asked by: Paul Scully (Conservative - Sutton and Cheam)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of people employed in English language colleges in each region and constituent part of the UK.
Answered by Robert Halfon
English language colleges are independent organisations that are responsible for their own staffing. My department does not hold any information on the numbers of people employed in such organisations in England.
As education is a devolved matter, any assessment of English language college’s staff numbers outside of England is a matter for the relevant devolved authorities.
Asked by: Paul Scully (Conservative - Sutton and Cheam)
Question to the Department for Education:
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.
Answered by Robert Halfon
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