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Basic Skills

Answer

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) funds English (literacy) and maths (numeracy) provision for those aged 19 and over who lack these basic skills.

The following table shows the number of adult learners aged 19+ participating in Skills for Life English and maths courses, by level. The academic years 2009/10 and 2010/11 are based on final data; year 2011/12 is based on provisional data.

Adult Skills for Life English and Maths participation, by level, 2009/10 to 2011/12 (provisional)1
	2009/10	2010/11	2011/12
	Final	Final	Provisional
English	555,700	639,000	788,600
of which entry level	112,400	103,800	107,800
of which level 1	226,700	285,900	385,000
of which level 2	252,100	286,800	334,700
Maths	525,000	630,500	778,500
of which entry level	101,400	98,500	102,900
of which level 1	236,800	314,800	401,700
of which level 2	228,800	265,700	322,800
1 Information on the number of learners participating on a Skills for Life course is published a quarterly Statistical First Release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 11 October 2012: http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/statisticalfirstrelease/sfr_current Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. 2. Figures relate to learners aged 19 and over and include a small number of learners with an unknown age. 3.Provisional data for the 2011/12 academic year. Source: Individualised Learner Record

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

551 c1040W; 124601

Session

2012-13

Subjects

Literacy Numeracy

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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