{"value":{"id":349802,"askingMemberId":1506,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2015-06-10T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2015-06-15T00:00:00","uin":"1844","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian staff in his Department are proficient in (i) Arabic, (ii) Persian, (iii) Turkish, (iv) Berber, (v) Kurdish, (vi) Polish and (vii) Russian.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1544,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2015-06-17T00:00:00","answerText":"

The numbers of personnel in the military and civil service in the Ministry of Defence who are proficient in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Berber, Kurdish, Polish and Russian is as follows:

Language

Total military

Total MOD Civil Servants

Arabic

175

145

Persian/Farsi

48

Not captured

Turkish

1

35

Berber

0

Not captured

Kurdish

0

2

Polish

9

45

Russian

25

146

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