Asked by: Jeremy Hunt (Conservative - South West Surrey)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils in England aged (a) 11 (b) 16 and (c) 18 did not have Entry Level 3 levels of literacy in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Gibb
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.
Asked by: Jeremy Hunt (Conservative - South West Surrey)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of adults in the UK who were (a) below OECD literacy Level 1, (b) at OECD literacy level 1 and (c) at OECD literacy level 2 in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
The Department for Education monitors literacy levels for adults through the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Survey of Adult Skills. The last study took place in 2012 and showed the following:
Percentage of adults (aged 16-65) at each level in literacy in England, 2012
OECD level | Percentage meeting this level in literacy |
Below Level 1 | 3.3% |
Level 1 | 13.1% |
Level 2 | 33.1% |
Source: Table 2.7, Adult skills international survey 2012
The survey is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-survey-of-adult-skills-2012.
The next OECD Survey of Adult Skills will take place in 2021/22.
Asked by: Jeremy Hunt (Conservative - South West Surrey)
Question to the Department for Education:
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.
Answered by Nick Gibb
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.
Asked by: Jeremy Hunt (Conservative - South West Surrey)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total interest paid on student loans was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The Student Loans Company does not distinguish between capital and interest when allocating repayments to a student’s account. It is not possible therefore to identify separately the total interest repaid.