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Written question asked by Rob Marris (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 June 2007. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Wednesday, 27 June 2007 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.


Departments: Languages

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what factors are taken into account by her Department when calculating the cost of an average hour of language teaching to (a) a single individual and (b) a group in a lesson provided by her Department's language teaching operation.
Answer

When benchmarking the cost of an average hour of language tuition, detailed analysis considered tuition costs, including value added tax and, for group training, classes of four.Other costs such as accommodation, registration and set up fee and learning resources subscription were not taken into account when comparing the hourly tuition rates.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
142088; 462 c777-8W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Languages Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Link
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