§ 14. Mrs. HumbleTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will make a statement on progress achieved on the Government's National Literacy Strategy. [55107]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe daily Literacy Hour began in primary schools this September. To support schools, we have provided training for every primary teacher, distributed over 300,000 copies of the literacy Framework for Teaching and allocated almost £60 million of funding, including support for over 200 local literacy consultants.