Foreign Language Teaching (Hansard, 10 July 1998)

HC Deb 10 July 1998 vol 315 c683W 683W

§ Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the proportion of primary schools that offer foreign language teaching. [49276]

§ Ms Estelle Morris
The Department does not collect this information, but a survey conducted in 1995 by the Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research suggested that about 20 per cent. of primary schools offered foreign language teaching. The Centre intends to conduct a further survey later this year.