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Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 October 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 31 October 2005. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Friday, 11 November 2005 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.


Literacy and Numeracy

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of new recruits to his Department do not have a level 2 qualification in English and mathematics.
Answer

Recruitment to my Department is competence based and there may not be a specific requirement for new recruits to hold a particular type of qualification. This type of data is not therefore collected centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
439 c770W;439 c771W; 23769
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Civil servants Department of Trade and Industry Government departments Recruitment Literacy Numeracy
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk