Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Monday, 20 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 October 2003. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Monday, 27 October 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many Languages Pathfinders have been established in (a) West Sussex and (b) England so far this year; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many Languages Pathfinders have been established in (a) West Sussex and (b) England so far this year; and if he will make a statement. [133828] Mr. Ivan Lewis: English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Pathfinders were established in 10 English regions (and one in the prison service) in September 2002 to run for approximately a year. There is not an ESOL Pathfinder in West Sussex (there was not a bid from West Sussex). However, there is a Pathfinder in East Sussex and some of its partners have been working with colleagues at the West Sussex Lifelong Learning Partnership. The locations of the 10 Pathfinder partnerships are as follows. Burnley and Pendle East London and Lewisham East Sussex, Thanet and Medway (South East Coast Pathfinder) Exeter Liverpool, Blackburn and the Wirral Norfolk and Buckinghamshire South Thames Walsall and Birmingham West London West Yorkshire

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