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Mandarin Language: Education |
| Question ID: |
1751889 |
| UIN: |
HL3648 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3829 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Coussins
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Baroness Coussins
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will continue to fund the Mandarin Excellence Programme after its current funding expires in August 2025. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-06 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
The government appreciates the benefits that studying Mandarin can bring to the workforce needs of the United Kingdom.The government has recently confirmed funding for the Mandarin Excellence Programme until the end of this academic year, when the current... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |