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Written question asked by Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) on Monday, 28 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 31 October 2019 (named day). It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Thursday, 31 October 2019 on behalf of the Department for Education.


School Leaving: Literacy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of secondary school leavers in England who did not have Entry Level 3 levels of literacy in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Answer

The Department does not hold centrally information on how many and what proportion of pupils in England aged 11, 16 and 18 do not have entry Level 3 levels of literacy nor the information on the number of secondary school leavers in England who do not have Level 3 levels of literacy.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
6319
Session
2019-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
School leaving Literacy
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk