English Language Proficiency 2011 Census Analysis Tristan Browne

What is meant by ‘English Language Proficiency’? 1.Main language was English (or Welsh in Wales) 2.Main language not English: ‘Proficient’ 3.Main language not English: ‘Non-proficient’

Which policies could ELP potentially apply to? DCLG £6m English language learning projects Eric Pickles announced intention to increase English language learning for those who were not proficient “Recent Census figures showed that across England 1.7% of the population have either no, or poor spoken English… [This initiative will] have a wide impact on local areas by enabling more people to participate in their community, gain employment and increase their voluntary activity”

Analysis summary Main language General health Labour market participation and qualifications Local authority analysis:  ‘Not good’ health, ‘Non-proficient’ in English  School age (3 to 15), ‘Non-proficient’ in English Analysis released in two parts:  Main language and general health characteristics  30 August 2013  ELP in the Labour Market  29 January ‘Good’ general health 2. ‘Not Good’ general health

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Frequency table of the 88 main languages other than English (excluding sign languages) by percentages who could speak English ‘well’ or ‘very well’ (Proficient) Percentage range ‘Proficient’ in English Number of languages32362 English Language Proficiency of different main languages Afrikaans Welsh (in England only) Swedish 99.4%* 99.0%* Norwegian Danish Shona Finnish German Dutch Tagalog/Filipino Yoruba Telugu Oceanic/Australian language (any) Igbo Marathi Any other European language (EU) Luganda Maltese Gaelic (Irish) French Afrikaans Welsh (in England only) Swedish Danish Shona Finnish German Tagalog/Filipino Yoruba Telugu Oceanic/Australian language (any) Igbo Marathi Any other European language (EU) Luganda Maltese Gaelic (Irish) French Hebrew Sinhala Akan Cornish Malay Krio Gaelic Estonian Malayalam Hindi African language (all other) Any other Nigerian language West African language (all other) Amharic Italian Spanish Greek Caribbean Creole Slovenian *Percentages refer to proportions who could speak English well or very well (‘Proficient’ in English)

Main languages with the largest populations Polish Panjabi Urdu Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) Gujarati Arabic French All other Chinese (not including Cantonese and Mandarin) Portuguese Spanish Tamil Italian German Turkish Tagalog/Filipino Somali Lithuanian Persian/Farsi Romanian Russian 72%* 546,000 68%* 273,000 76%* 269,000 Nepalese Slovak Greek Kurdish Hindi Cantonese Chinese Hungarian Pashto Bulgarian Malayalam Albanian Latvian Czech Japanese Thai South Asian language (all other) Dutch African language (all other) Mandarin Chinese Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) Shona Swedish Akan *Percentages refer to proportions who could speak English well or very well (‘Proficient’ in English)

Local authorities with highest proportions of ‘Non-proficient’ school age (3 to 15) children HackneyEalingBrentHaringeyNewhamBostonPeterboroughSloughWaltham Forest Enfield Per cent 4.7 London Paul Kenny, the mayor of Boston Borough Council, said: “I am mindful that it can put a strain on resources. About five years ago, our schools were really struggling. “They are better equipped to deal with these issues now, but I think we’ve still got a long way to go with the issue of trying to make sure that we get more integration, and teaching English as a second language is vital.” 3.5

Local authorities with highest proportions of ‘Non-proficient’ reporting ‘Not good’ general health

Media coverage of ELP Main language/Health/Employment

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