English Language: Education
(asked on 23rd October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on teaching English in each year since 2010.
This question was answered on 2nd December 2014
The table shows approximately how much the Department has spent in each Financial Year since 2010 on teaching English to Service personnel. It is difficult to give exact figures as, in some cases, the cost of English tuition cannot be separated from that for other tuition areas.
| Financial Year £ million | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| Expenditure | £1.637 | £1.667 | £1.695 | £1.735 |
In addition, for those who speak English as a second language the Ministry of Defence has spent the following amounts on ‘English Speakers of Other Languages’ assessments.
| Financial Year | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| Expenditure | £13,943 | £71,628 | £43,159 | £22,646 |