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Written question asked by Andrew Percy (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 January 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 January 2014 (named day). It was answered by Matt Hancock (Conservative) on Monday, 27 January 2014 on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Literacy: Brigg

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on the provision of adult literacy services in Brigg and Goole constituency in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.

Answer

The amount spent on the provision of adult literacy services (English basic skills training from the Adult Skills Budget) for the past three academic years in Brigg and Goole is set out in the following table:

Academic year
 £ million
2010-11
 0.29
2011-12
 0.26
2012-13
 0.23
Notes:
1. Figures do not include English for Speakers of Other Languages and include English
training as part of an Apprenticeship.
2.These data do not include English training undertaken as part of the Employer Ownership Pilot.
3. The spend is estimated based on data from the Individualised Learner Record (ILR).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
184689; 574 c445W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Expenditure Literacy Brigg and Goole
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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