§ Mr. BradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what her Department's targets are for literacy 1187W and numeracy levels at age 11 in each of the next five years; and what steps she proposes to take if those targets are not reached. [7280]
§ Mr. Timms[holding answer 15 October 2001]The targets for 2002 are for 80 per cent. of 11-year-olds to achieve the expected standard in literacy and 75 per cent. in numeracy. We are currently consulting schools on raising these targets to 85 per cent. in both English and maths for 2004. We are not at present proposing targets beyond 2004. We are confident that these challenging targets can be achieved.