§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people in Greater London, broken down by borough, were classified as(a) innumerate and (b) illiterate in each year since 1995. [163727]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThere are no annual data available on levels of literacy and numeracy levels in Greater London since 1995. However the DfES Skills for Life survey published in October 2003 provides estimates of the numbers of people who are at various literacy and numeracy skill levels for Greater London Local
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Table 1: Literacy levels for London and England Central (170) North (107) South (336) East (336) Welt (263) Total for London (1212) Total for England (8730) Adults at entry Level 3 literacy or below Number 51,000 99,000 218,000 320,000 230,000 918,000 5,200,000 Percentage 8 23 17 24 22 19 16
§ Mr. MilibandThe following table gives the numbers of full time equivalent teaching assistants employed in maintained schools in the Greater London area broken down by local education authority for each year between 1997 and 2003, the latest year for which data are available.
Learning and Skill Council Areas. The findings are summarised in the following tables. For London as a whole 46 per cent. of the population are at level 21, 35 per cent. are at level 12 and 19 per cent. at entry level 3 or below3, which roughly equates to below a G grade at GCSE, for literacy. The figures for the London Local Learning and Skills Council Areas should be treated with caution since they are based on small sample sizes.
1Level 2 is considered to be equivalent to the standard of an A*- C pass at GCSE
2 Level 1 is considered to be equivalent to the standard of a grade D-G pass at GCSE.
3 Entry Level 3 or below approximately equates to a standard of less than a grade G pass at GCSE.
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Table 1: Literacy levels for London and England Central (170) North (107) South (336) East (336) West (263) Total for London (1212) Total for England (8730) Adults at Level 1 literacy Number 183,000 154,000 427,000 672,000 390,000 1,620,000 12,600,000 Percentage 27 37 32 36 38 35 40 Adults at Level 2 or above literacy Number 433,000 166,000 672,000 520,000 406,000 2,186,000 14,000,000 Percentage 65 40 51 40 40 46 44
Table 2: Numeracy levels for London and England Central North South East West Total for London Total for England Adults at entry Level 3 or below Number 206,000 209,000 465,000 773,000 625,000 2,278,000 14,900,000 Percentage 30 58 37 56 59 48 47 Adults at Level 1 Number 219,000 89,000 376,000 339,000 237,000 1,247,000 8,813,000 Percentage 33 24 30 25 22 26 28 Adults at Level 2 or above Number 249,000 67,000 420,000 258,000 198,000 1,192,000 8,121,000 Percentage 37 18 33 19 19 26 25