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English Language: Assessments

Commons · Question 126838 · Tabled 13 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 20 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Parliamentary Question 104261 answered on 16 January 2026, to which budgets the ‘net positive benefit to the public purse’ of the new Home Office English Language Test will be attributed t

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 20 Apr 2026

As set out in the answer of 16 January 2026, today's Secure English Language Testing concessions collect all applicants' fees with no return to the Department to cover the costs of managing and overseeing delivery. The new Home Office English Language Tes...