HC Deb 14 January 1999 vol 323 c257W
15. Caroline Flint

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what evidence he has obtained of the effectiveness of the numeracy hour in primary schools. [64050]

Ms Estelle Morris

Reports from OFSTED and the National Foundation for Educational Research both point to the success of the daily mathematics lesson piloted in the National Numeracy Project. The daily lesson is an important part of the National Numeracy Strategy and will begin in primary schools this September.

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