Please provide the following information for the years 2018 to 2024 and, if possible as of June 2025:
1) The amount allocated by your local authority, whether from direct council budget or central government departments, on adult ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages)
2) The number of participants on ESOL courses in your local authority area.
In response to questions 1 and 2 please see the tables below which provide the information held by our Communities department and our Adult Education Service, Learn Devon.
| Communities | ||
| Year | Costs allocated | No. of participants (learners) |
| 2018/2019 | £59,944 | This information is not held by Devon County Council. We are not able to provide an answer to this question as Devon County Council is one a number of ESOL funders in our local authority area. |
| 2019/2020 | £87,155 | |
| 2020/2021 | £45,594 | |
| 2021/2022 | £54,277 | |
| 2022/2023 | £120,993 | |
| 2023/2024 | £156,832 | |
| 2024/25 | £187,564 | |
| 2025/26 | £22,059 |
| Learn Devon | ||
| Year | Costs allocated | No. of participants (learners) |
| 2018/2019 | £21,200.68 | 82 |
| 2019/2020 | £16,316.87 | 100 |
| 2020/2021 | £19,659.72 | 111 |
| 2021/2022 | £24,868.66 | 193 |
| 2022/2023 | £35,723.62 | 247 |
| 2023/2024 | £49,189.85 | 234 |
| 2024/2025 | £47,030.59 | 263 |