Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will increase funding for accredited English language teaching for refugees.

The Government has provided additional funding of £10m under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme for more English classes, childcare facilities, and local coordination of English language provision for refugees. English language tuition is also available to refugees under arrangements for adult learners.

The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for the Adult Education Budget. The Home Office will work closely with DfE and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government to develop the proposal for an English language Strategy for England that is set out in the Integrated Communities Strategy published on 14 March.