<\/strong><\/p><\/td>2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td>2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | Full year<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Age<\/p><\/td> | Full year<\/p><\/td> | (provisional)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 16<\/p><\/td> | 25,080<\/p><\/td> | 25,170<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 17<\/p><\/td> | 35,810<\/p><\/td> | 38,320<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 18<\/p><\/td> | 53,430<\/p><\/td> | 54,140<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Notes<\/p> <\/p> 1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.<\/p> <\/p> 2) Age is calculated based on age at start of the programme rather than based on 31 August.<\/p> <\/p> 3) Provisional data are subject to change and should not be directly compared with data from earlier academic years.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government how many (1) 16 year-olds, (2) 17 year-olds, and (3) 18 year-olds started apprenticeships in the academic years 2012\u201313 and 2013\u201314 in England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether they plan to send observers to the imminent trials in Azerbaijan of (1) Mr Arif and Ms Leyla Yunus of the Peace and Democracy Institute, (2) Mr Intigam Aliyev, and (3) Mr Rasul Jafarov; and whether they will propose that their trials are fully covered by European Union diplomats.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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It is important to note that when more appropriate, staff from OGDs also receive language training outside of the FCO Language Centre through use of the Civil Service-wide contract with Language Services Direct (the company that run the FCO Language Centre) or at the Institut Francais if French is required. Since September 2014, 113 OGD students have received language training on their own premises via the FCO contract.
The table below provides a breakdown of the languages that have been taught at the FCO Language Centre :
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Arabic 186
Azeri 1
Bosnian 1
Bulgarian 3
Burmese 1
Cambodian 1
Czech 1
Danish 2
Dari 5
Dutch 5
Farsi 33
Finnish 1
French 14
Georgian 1
German 40
Greek 4
Hebrew 1
Hindi 20
Indonesian 4
Italian 23
Japanese 33
Korean 8
Macedonian 1
Mandarin 93
Norwegian 1
Pashto 5
Polish 3
Portuguese 47
Romanian 3
Russian 84
Serbian 3
Sinhalese 1
Slovak 1
Slovene 1
Spanish 153
Swedish 3
Tajik 1
Thai 2
Tigrinya 1
Turkish 11
Turkmen 1
Urdu 4
Uzbek 2
Vietnamese 2
Total 813<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100609/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Since the Language Centre opened on 19th September 2013 a total of 45 different languages have been studied there either full or part-time by 813 students. Of those students, 779 are Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) staff and 34 are from other government departments (OGDs) (including staff from the following departments: Ministry of Defence, Cabinet Office, the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, Home Office, Ministry of Justice, UK Trade and Investment, the Department for International Development, HM Revenue and Customs, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and the House of Commons). An additional 60 FCO staff have trained at the Institut Francais. Staff across the Civil Service can also access the FCO Language Centre library to continue to develop their own language skills outside formal study and 58 OGD staff have taken advantage of this offer so far.<\/p> It is important to note that when more appropriate, staff from OGDs also receive language training outside of the FCO Language Centre through use of the Civil Service-wide contract with Language Services Direct (the company that run the FCO Language Centre) or at the Institut Francais if French is required. Since September 2014, 113 OGD students have received language training on their own premises via the FCO contract.<\/p> The table below provides a breakdown of the languages that have been taught at the FCO Language Centre:<\/p> Albanian<\/p><\/td> | 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Arabic<\/p><\/td> | 186<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Azeri<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Bosnian<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Bulgarian<\/p><\/td> | 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Burmese<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Cambodian<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Czech<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Danish<\/p><\/td> | 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Dari<\/p><\/td> | 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Dutch<\/p><\/td> | 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Farsi<\/p><\/td> | 33<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Finnish<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | French<\/p><\/td> | 14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Georgian<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | German<\/p><\/td> | 40<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Greek<\/p><\/td> | 4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Hebrew<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Hindi<\/p><\/td> | 20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Indonesian<\/p><\/td> | 4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Italian<\/p><\/td> | 23<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Japanese<\/p><\/td> | 33<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Korean<\/p><\/td> | 8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Macedonian<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Mandarin<\/p><\/td> | 93<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Norwegian<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Pashto<\/p><\/td> | 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Polish<\/p><\/td> | 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Portuguese<\/p><\/td> | 47<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Romanian<\/p><\/td> | 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Russian<\/p><\/td> | 84<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Serbian<\/p><\/td> | 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Sinhalese<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Slovak<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Slovene<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Spanish<\/p><\/td> | 153<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Swedish<\/p><\/td> | 3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Tajik<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Thai<\/p><\/td> | 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Tigrinya<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Turkish<\/p><\/td> | 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Turkmen<\/p><\/td> | 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Urdu<\/p><\/td> | 4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Uzbek<\/p><\/td> | 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Vietnamese<\/p><\/td> | 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td>813<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government which languages have been studied by civil servants and diplomatic staff at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Language School; and how many civil servants and diplomatic staff have studied each language.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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