Written question asked by Ian Lucas (Labour) on Thursday, 19 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 March 2015 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Tuesday, 24 March 2015. A substantive answer was provided by Anna Soubry (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 March 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

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Languages

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian staff in his Department are proficient in (i) Arabic, (ii) Persian, (iii) Turkish, (iv) Berber, (v) Kurdish, (vi) Polish and (vii) Russian.

Answer

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

228367

Session

2014-15

Subjects

Armed forces Languages Staff Ministry of Defence

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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