Written question asked by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 October 2003. It was answered by David Miliband (Labour) on Monday, 27 October 2003 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the pass/fail rate was of teacher trainees sitting the (a) basic literacy test and (b) basic numeracy test set by the Teacher Training Agency each year between 1996 and 2002. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Gibb: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the pass/fail rate was of teacher trainees sitting the (a) basic literacy test and (b) basic numeracy test set by the Teacher Training Agency each year between 1996 and 2002. [134192] Mr. Miliband: The numeracy skills test was introduced in the summer term of 2000 and the literacy test was introduced for those seeking qualified teacher status (QTS) from 1 May 2001. Of those who sat the tests, the statistics in the following table show the pass rates: Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000/01 2001/02 Numeracy skills test 98 98 Literacy skills test 99 99 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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