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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in how many young offender institutions there is a routine assessment of the language skills of children when they are admitted.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in how many young offender institutions there is a routine assessment of the language skills of children when they are admitted.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many children in young offender institutions do not have English as a first language;
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many children in young offender institutions do not have English as a first language;
(2) how many children in young offender institutions do not speak English.
(2) how many children in young offender institutions do not speak English.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents of bullying or harassment of children who do not speak English as a first language were recorded in young offender institutions in each year since 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents of bullying or harassment of children who do not speak English as a first language were recorded in young offender institutions in each year since 2006.
(3) in how many young offender institutions interpreters are provided for (a) induction, (b) education, (c) healthcare, (d) sentence planning and (e) disciplinary matters.
(3) in how many young offender institutions interpreters are provided for (a) induction, (b) education, (c) healthcare, (d) sentence planning and (e) disciplinary matters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice under what circumstances an interpreter is required to be provided for a foreign national child in custody.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice under what circumstances an interpreter is required to be provided for a foreign national child in custody.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what guidance and training is available to young offender institution staff in working with children who do not speak English as a first language;
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what guidance and training is available to young offender institution staff in working with children who do not speak English as a first language;
(2) what provision is made for young people in prison who do not speak English
(2) what provision is made for young people in prison who do not speak English
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison officers are proficient in speaking (a) Urdu, (b) Farsi, (c) Arabic, (d) Gujarati, (e) Punjabi, (f) Bangla, (g) Tamil, (h) Hindi, (i) Russian, (j) Turkish, (k) Cantonese, (l) Mandarin, (m) Somali, (n) Vietnamese, (o) Polish, (p) Albanian and (q)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison officers are proficient in speaking (a) Urdu, (b) Farsi, (c) Arabic, (d) Gujarati, (e) Punjabi, (f) Bangla, (g) Tamil, (h) Hindi, (i) Russian, (j) Turkish, (k) Cantonese, (l) Mandarin, (m) Somali, (n) Vietnamese, (o) Polish, (p) Albanian and (q)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the Government's policy is on helping schools in Northern Ireland cope with the growth in the number of pupils whose first language is not English.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the Government's policy is on helping schools in Northern Ireland cope with the growth in the number of pupils whose first language is not English.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what language support services were available to each college of further and higher education in each education and library board area in Northern Ireland in the last four academic years; and how much was allocated by each college to such services...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what language support services were available to each college of further and higher education in each education and library board area in Northern Ireland in the last four academic years; and how much was allocated by each college to such services...
| Cost of language support services (translation and interpretation) in academic year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | ||||
| College name | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 |
| Armagh College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belfast Institute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,000 |
| Castlereagh College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Causeway Institute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Antrim Institute | 0 | 0 | 3,045 | 2,430 |
| East Down Institute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Tyrone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fermanagh College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Limavady College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lisburn Institute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 |
| Newry and Kilkeel Institute | 0 | 0 | 320 | 400 |
| North Down and Ards Institute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North East Institute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North West Institute | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Omagh College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,000 |
| Upper Bann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people whose country of origin is outside Northern Ireland and whose first language is other than English, are enrolled in each college of further and higher education in each education and library board area, broken down by country of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people whose country of origin is outside Northern Ireland and whose first language is other than English, are enrolled in each college of further and higher education in each education and library board area, broken down by country of...
| Region of Domicile | |||||
| Education and Library Board | Great Britain | Republic of Ireland | European Union¹ | Other overseas | Total |
| Belfast | 11 | 14 | 19 | 31 | 75 |
| North Eastern | 12 | 10 | 15 | 93 | 130 |
| South Eastern | 154 | 43 | 39 | 134 | 370 |
| Southern | 112 | 395 | 32 | 46 | 585 |
| Western | 1 | 46 | 3 | 17 | 67 |
| Unknown | 19 | 5,456 | 29 | 50 | 5,554 |
| Total | 309 | 5,964 | 137 | 371 | 6,781 |
| ¹ European Union includes those countries that where members in November 2004. | |||||
| Notes: | |||||
| 1. Data relates to enrolments over the whole academic year. | |||||
| 2. Current student postcode is used to determine Education and Library Board Area. | |||||
| Source: | |||||
| FESR. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children whose country of origin is outside Northern Ireland and whose first language is other than English are enrolled in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each education and library board area, broken down by country of origin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children whose country of origin is outside Northern Ireland and whose first language is other than English are enrolled in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each education and library board area, broken down by country of origin.
| Pupils with English as an additional language and born in a non-English speaking country at primary and post primary schools in Northern Ireland 2005-06 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast | Western | North Eastern | South Eastern | Southern | NI Total | |
| Primary Schools | ||||||
| Cantonese | 32 | 8 | 36 | 51 | 11 | 138 |
| Mandarin | ¹— | ¹— | 6 | ¹— | ¹— | 12 |
| Vietnamese | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— |
| Hindi | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | 13 |
| Urdu | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | 9 | 16 | 30 |
| Gujarati | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— |
| Bengali | 9 | ¹— | ¹— | 14 | ¹— | 26 |
| Punjabi | ¹— | ¹— | 11 | ¹— | 5 | 25 |
| Others | 30 | 8 | 25 | 46 | 17 | 126 |
| Total | 77 | 29 | 85 | 130 | 54 | 375 |
| Post Primary Schools | ||||||
| Cantonese | 22 | ¹— | 16 | ²— | 13 | 66 |
| Mandarin | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | 6 |
| Hindi | 5 | ¹— | 5 | ¹— | ¹— | 10 |
| Urdu | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | 8 |
| Bengali | 8 | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | 12 |
| Punjabi | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | ¹— | 5 |
| Others | 29 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 43 | 120 |
| Total | 67 | 20 | 46 | 31 | 63 | 227 |
| ¹ Relates to less than 5 pupils | ||||||
| ² Means figure has not been given under rules of disclosure | ||||||
| Notes: | ||||||
| 1. Figures for primary schools include children in nursery, reception and Year 1—Year 7 classes. | ||||||
| 2. Pupils whose first language is Irish are not included. | ||||||
| Source: | ||||||
| NI school census |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the range and nature is of language support services available to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Northern Ireland; and how much was available for language support services in each Education and Library Board area in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the range and nature is of language support services available to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Northern Ireland; and how much was available for language support services in each Education and Library Board area in each of the...
| Allocation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | ||||
| Board | 2003-04 | 2004-05 (Allocated gradually) | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| BELB | 80,000 | 110,000 | 159,000 | 160,000 |
| NEELB | 80,000 | 72,000 | 92,000 | 96,000 |
| SEELB | 80,000 | 85,000 | 112,000 | 96,000 |
| SELB | 80,000 | 85,000 | 153,000 | 177,000 |
| WELB | 80,000 | 58,000 | 54,000 | 52,000 |
| Total | 400,000 | 410,000 | 570,000 | 581,000 |
| Allocations to schools | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | ||||
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| BELB¹ | 73,000 | 129,000 | 432,000 | 614,000 |
| NEELB | — | — | 287,000 | 441,000 |
| SEELB | — | — | 344,000 | 379,000 |
| SELB | — | — | 462,000 | 885,000 |
| WELB | — | — | 162,000 | 218,000 |
| Total | 73,000 | 129,000 | 1,687,000 | 2,537,000 |
| ¹ BELB were the only funding authority to distribute resources to schools from an EAL factor within its Local Management Schools formula, prior to the introduction of Common Funding from 2005-06. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many inspections of language support services were carried out by the Department of Education Inspectorate in Northern Ireland in each of the last four academic years; and what the findings were of each such inspection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many inspections of language support services were carried out by the Department of Education Inspectorate in Northern Ireland in each of the last four academic years; and what the findings were of each such inspection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what Welsh language requirements there are on Medical Services Ltd in respect of services that they provide to the Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what Welsh language requirements there are on Medical Services Ltd in respect of services that they provide to the Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average period was between a disability living allowance application form being received and it being considered by a decision maker in respect of applications (a) from Wales, (b) from England, (c) in Welsh and (d) in English in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average period was between a disability living allowance application form being received and it being considered by a decision maker in respect of applications (a) from Wales, (b) from England, (c) in Welsh and (d) in English in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to recognise British Sign Language as an official language; and if he will make a statement. - Ref to 14 May 2002, 385 c582W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to recognise British Sign Language as an official language; and if he will make a statement. - Ref to 14 May 2002, 385 c582W.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to have sign language recognised as an official language.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to have sign language recognised as an official language.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to recognise British Sign Language as a language in its own right.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to recognise British Sign Language as a language in its own right.