Written question asked by Robert Adley (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 December 1992. It was answered by Nigel Forman (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 December 1992 on behalf of the Department for Education.

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Dept for Education

Question

If he will indicate the comparable levels of literacy and numeracy for 16 to 18 year olds in the United Kingdom and other OECD countries. - Inc figure & fact that information on levels of literacy & numeracy among 16 to 18-year-olds in UK is not available centrally.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

215 c561W;215 c559W

Session

1992-93

Subjects

OECD countries Young people Literacy Numeracy

Contains statistics

Yes