Literacy
(asked on 28th October 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of adults in the UK who were (a) below OECD literacy Level 1, (b) at OECD literacy level 1 and (c) at OECD literacy level 2 in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
The Department for Education monitors literacy levels for adults through the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Survey of Adult Skills. The last study took place in 2012 and showed the following:
Percentage of adults (aged 16-65) at each level in literacy in England, 2012
OECD level | Percentage meeting this level in literacy |
Below Level 1 | 3.3% |
Level 1 | 13.1% |
Level 2 | 33.1% |
Source: Table 2.7, Adult skills international survey 2012
The survey is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-survey-of-adult-skills-2012.
The next OECD Survey of Adult Skills will take place in 2021/22.