Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2023 to Question 193665 on Health Professions: English Language, what the (a) pass and (b) fail rate was for the Occupational English Test in the latest period for which data is available.

The Department does not hold data on the pass and fail rate for the Occupational English Test (OET).

The OET is an international English language test that assesses the language communication skills of healthcare professionals who seek to register and practise in an English-speaking environment. The OET publishes test statistics on its website, which are available at the following link:

https://oet.com/discover/about-oet/test-statistics

Demographic data from 2021 shows the distribution of grades per sub-test for the 12 OET healthcare professions.