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Written question asked by Owen Paterson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 December 2008. It was answered by Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Monday, 15 December 2008 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.


Languages

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of people in Northern Ireland who are fluent speakers of (a) Polish, (b) Mandarin, (c) Irish, (d) Ulster Scots, (f) Portuguese, (g) Spanish, (h) French and (i) German.
Answer

My office does not hold this information as this is a devolved matter.The provision of official information on Northern Ireland's population is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency which is an Executive agency within the Department of Finance and Personnel.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
485 c316W; 243201
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Languages Northern Ireland
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk