Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency do not have English as their first language.

A pupil is recorded to have English as an additional language if they are exposed to a language at home that is known or believed to be other than English. This measure is not a measure of English language proficiency nor a good proxy for recent immigration.

The number and proportion of children in school that do not have English as a first language, as well as other characteristics, is available in the following publication: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics.

The number and proportion of pupils that do not have English as a first language can be calculated by clicking the link above and downloading the file ‘School level underlying data - 2023/24 (csv, 22 Mb)’ under ‘additional supporting files’. Parliamentary constituency can be filtered, as can the number and proportion of pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Additionally, other school level characteristics can be found in the underlining data file.

Parliamentary constituencies are based on their boundaries at the time of the January school census each year. Therefore, the 2024 parliamentary boundaries do not reflect the changes made in the summer of 2024.

Where statistics were published prior to the changes in parliamentary constituency boundaries, they will be updated to reflect the new boundaries in the next publication of statistics. This is expected to be in June 2025 for the 'Schools, pupils and their characteristics' publication.