Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many recipients of jobseeker's allowance possess a poor understanding of spoken and written English.
Findings from the Skills for Life Survey 2011 (the most recent survey conducted) show that of those claiming jobseeker’s allowance 23% were below Level 1[1] in English literacy.
The full Skills for Life publication can be found using the link below:
[1] The Skills for Life survey defines “functional literacy” as level 1 or above.