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Debate between Thelma Walker and Kate Green
Monday 14th May 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Thelma Walker Portrait Thelma Walker (Colne Valley) (Lab)
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6. What steps he is taking to improve basic skills.

Kate Green Portrait Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab)
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16. What steps he is taking to improve basic skills.

Anne Milton Portrait The Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills (Anne Milton)
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We fully fund maths and English provision for adults and will do the same for digital from 2020. A record number of 19-year-olds now hold a level 2 qualification in English and maths. We perform to above the OECD average for literacy, at 14 out of 34, but we perform below the OECD average for numeracy, at 20 out of 30, and we have to change that.

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