Armed Forces: Languages

(asked on 27th October 2014) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in the armed forces are in receipt of a Level (a) 3 and (b) 4 language allowance.


Answered by
Michael Fallon Portrait
Michael Fallon
This question was answered on 5th November 2014

The information requested is provided below:

Level 3 (Professional) Level

Level 4 (Expert) Level

Total Armed Forces Personnel currently in receipt of Language Allowance

30

1

Total Armed Forces personnel currently in receipt of Language Allowance - Arabic

6

Nil

Total Armed Forces personnel currently in receipt of Language Allowance - Pashto

21

1

Total Armed Forces personnel currently in receipt of Language Allowance – Dari

1

Nil

The information provided relates to the Defence Operational Allowance Language Award Scheme (DOLAS) and the Active Use Awards (AUA) under that scheme. Languages classified as Operational are Arabic, Pashto, Farsi, Dari and Somali. All other languages are not currently classified as Operational and therefore do not attract a language allowance payment within this scheme.

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