Social Security Benefits: English Language
Commons · Question 82834 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to introduce English language learning as a condition of benefit receipt for foreign nationals.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 27 Oct 2025
The Department can require that claimants attend English language courses as a work preparation activity if this will make them more likely to find work, or to increase the hours they work. A sanction - which is a reduction in the amount of Universal Cred...