§ 22. Mr.Viggersasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make a statement on the current level of illiteracy among school leavers.
§ Miss Margaret JacksonThe latest available information on severe reading difficulties among school leavers derives from a report published by the National Foundation for Educational Research in 1972 which indicated that in 1970–71 some 3 per cent. of 15-year-olds in England had severe reading difficulties.