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 methods of assessment of (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills are used as part of the recruitment process by employees of his Department.
- Answer
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Recruitment to my Department is competency based. Where literacy and numeracy skills are required, processes are in place to assess these skills through the application process. These include verification of formal qualifications, skills based questions and skills based tasks.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 23793; 439 c770W;439 c771W
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Civil servants Department of Trade and Industry Government departments Recruitment Literacy Numeracy
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