HC Deb 18 March 1999 vol 327 c753W
24. Liz Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what progress has been made in implementing the numeracy hour in primary schools. [75599]

Ms Estelle Morris

Daily dedicated mathematics lessons will formally begin in primary schools this September. In practice many schools have already introduced them, alongside the literacy hour. Earlier this week, schools received copies of a teaching framework designed to support the introduction of the mathematics session.