Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the primary language of benefits claimants has been in each of the last 10 years.

The Department does not centrally hold the information requested as it is not a requirement for a customer to declare their ‘primary’ language. Customer communications and benefit information is provided in English and Welsh as appropriate. Necessary information can be provided in another language and translation services are available.