HC Deb 20 November 2002 vol 394 c127W
Keith Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost was of language training courses for employees of the Foreign Office in the last financial year. [81497]

Mr. Rammell

The cost of language training courses for employees of the Foreign Office was £2,147,493.

This includes all the costs for language tuition required for employees' jobs as well as future career development.