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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-03-26more like thismore than 2018-03-26
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Armed Forces: Languages more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel in the (a) Army, (b) RAF and (c) Royal Navy are classed as level 3 or higher linguists in (i) Arabic, (ii) Russian, (iii) Ukrainian, iv) German and (v) French. more like this
tabling member constituency West Dunbartonshire more like this
tabling member printed
Martin Docherty-Hughes more like this
uin 134284 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-04-05more like thismore than 2018-04-05
answer text <p>There are approximately 850 Service personnel across the Ministry of Defence (MOD) trained in some 40 different languages. It is not possible to provide a detailed breakdown because of the strategic and operational sensitivities surrounding them. The MOD's language requirements are met from a Departmental pool of Armed forces and civilian personnel; the Department regularly reviews its future requirements for linguists and trains its personnel accordingly.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Aberconwy more like this
answering member printed Guto Bebb more like this
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answering member
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label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes more like this