Asked by: Nigel Huddleston (Conservative - Droitwich and Evesham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential correlation between left-handedness and levels of educational attainment; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department does not hold data on whether pupils are left-handed and therefore has not made an assessment of their levels of educational attainment.
Asked by: Nigel Huddleston (Conservative - Droitwich and Evesham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of the proportion of left-handed pupils in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department does not collect data on the number of left-handed pupils in primary and secondary schools.