HC Deb 06 August 1975 vol 897 c213W
Mr. Wrigglesworth

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give an estimate of the incidence of adult literacy in the county of Cleveland.

Mr. Mulley

The Bullock Committee acknowledged in its report "A Language for Life" that it was impossible to say with certainty how many adult illiterates or semi-literates there were in the country. The Department does not collect statistics in this field, either nationally or locally.