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Written question asked by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 July 2008. It was answered by Baroness Merron (Labour) on Monday, 21 July 2008 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Languages

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2008, Official Report, column 318W, on languages, how many (a) Pashto and (b) Dari speakers there are in his Department; and how many took a language course in each of the last two years.
Answer

In the Department for International Development five staff speak Pashto and two speak Dari. Our main language training provider has trained two staff in Dari and four in Pashto during 2006-07 and two staff in Dari during 2007-08.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
220542; 479 c792W;479 c790W
Session
2007-08
Related items
Languages
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Department for International Development Languages
Link
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