Written question asked by Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative) on Monday, 1 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 March 2010. It was answered by Chris Mole (Labour) on Thursday, 25 March 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Languages
- Question
- To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants in his Department received coaching in a foreign language in the last 12 months; what expenditure his Department incurred in providing such coaching; and in what languages such coaching was provided.
- Answer
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No Ministers have received coaching in a foreign language in the last 12 months.The following table provides a break down of Civil Servants within the Department for Transport and its agencies who have received coaching in a Foreign Language:
Foreign Language(s) Number of civil servants receiving foreign language coaching Expenditure incurred Chinese, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, BSL and Welsh 13 1,304
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 508 c439-40W; 320536
- Session
- 2009-10
- Subjects
- Department for Transport Languages
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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