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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the levels of literacy and numeracy among school-age children in North Durham were in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available. - Inc tables.

Asked by

Lord Beamish (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 February 2005

For answer on

9 February 2005

Answered on

9 February 2005

Mr. Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the levels of literacy and numeracy among school-age children in North Durham were in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available. [214189] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The data requested is set out in the following tables: Key Stage 2--percentage of pupils achieving Level 4 plus _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 2001 2004 Percentage point increase 1997-2004 English Durham North Constituency1 64 74 80 16 Durham LEA2 62 75 77 15 National3 63 75 78 15 Mathematics Durham North Constituency1 67 75 77 10 Durham LEA2 65 74 76 11 National3 61 71 74 13 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Pupils attending schools in Durham North constituency. 2 The average for all maintained schools in the local education authority. This includes the results of small primary schools listed in the School and College Achievement and Attainment tables and the results of special schools. 3 The average for all schools in England (including independent schools). Key Stage 3--percentage of pupils achieving Level 5 plus _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 2001 20031 Percentage point increase 1997-2003 English Durham North Constituency2 57 65 66 9 Durham LEA3 52 64 66 14 National4 57 65 69 12 Mathematics Durham North Constituency2 58 65 67 9 Durham LEA3 54 64 69 15 National4 60 66 71 11 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 2003 is the latest year for which constituency level data is available at Key Stage 3. 2 Pupils attending schools in Durham North constituency. 3 The average for all maintained schools in the local education authority including special schools 4 The average for all schools in England including independent schools. Participation by independent schools is voluntary and therefore these figures include data only from those independent schools who choose to make a return. Further information by constituency, is provided within the Department's "In Your Area" website available at http://www.dfes.gov.uk/inyourarea. Where information is not available at the constituency level it has been provided at local education authority level. This website allows users to access key facts and local information about education and skills based on postcodes. The data available within the site offers comparisons between 1997 and the latest available year and covers five geographies. These are parliamentary constituency, ward, local authority district, local education authority, Government Office region. England figures are also provided. The information available within the website is grouped in a number of broad categories including Literacy and Numeracy at age 11, Literacy and Numeracy at age 14, GCSE/GNVQ results, Pupils with Special Educational Needs, School Initiatives, School Workforce, School Funding and Resources, Children's Social Services, Early Years, Class Sizes, Post 16, Higher Education and Adult Education.

Date

9 February 2005

Reference

430 c1535-7W; 214189

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the standards of numeracy and literacy in primary schools in Watford were (a) in 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Claire Ward (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 January 2005

Reference

209685; 429 c1112W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 9th December, 428 c775W, on literacy and numeracy, what percentage of (a) Key Stage 2 pupils and (b) Key Stage 3 pupils reached the required standards in (i) literacy, (ii) numeracy and (iii) literacy and...

Asked by

David Davis (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 December 2004

For answer on

21 December 2004

Answered on

21 December 2004

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2004, Official Report, column 775W, on literacy and numeracy, what percentage of (a) Key Stage 2 pupils and (b) Key Stage 3 pupils reached the required standards in (i) literacy, (ii) numeracy and (iii) literacy and numeracy in each year since 1997 in (A) Haltemprice and Howden and (B) England. [205441] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The percentage of Key Stage 2 pupils achieving level 4 or above in English and mathematics for 1997-2003 are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1 2003 1 Haltemprice and Howden English 69 72 77 84 82 82 80 Mathematics 70 71 76 79 77 80 78 English and maths -- -- -- -- -- 76 71 England English 63 65 71 75 75 75 75 Mathematics 62 59 69 72 71 73 73 English and maths -- -- -- -- -- 66 66 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The English and mathematics combined information for Haltemprice and Howden are different to the other results as they are pupil- residency based and are only available from 2002 onwards as this is when PLASC data first became available to use. Figures for 2004 by parliamentary constituency are not yet available, but will be placed in the Library as soon as possible. The percentage of Key Stage 3 pupils achieving level 5 or above in English and mathematics for 1997-2003 are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1 2003 1 Haltemprice and Howden English 65 68 67 69 67 70 77 Mathematics 69 65 70 74 72 72 73 English and maths -- -- -- -- -- 69 73 England English 57 65 64 64 65 67 69 Mathematics 60 59 62 65 66 67 71 English and maths -- -- -- -- -- 58 62 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The English and mathematics combined information for Haltemprice and Howden are different to the other results as they are pupil- residency based and are only available from 2002 onwards as this is when PLASC data first became available to use. KS3 2004 figures will be made available soon after publication of the KS3 Attainment and Achievement Tables (March 2005).

Date

21 December 2004

Reference

205441; 428 c1702-3W;428 c1700-1W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of primary schools he estimates teaches the multiplication tables. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 July 2004

Reference

177273; 423 c1249-50W

House

House of Commons

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on mathematics and science teachers

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on mathematics and science teachers.

Lead member

Vincent Cable

Answering member

Stephen Twigg

Department

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Adjournment debates

Date

20 April 2004

Reference

420 c31-52WH

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, which of the Government's (a) numeracy and (b) literacy targets for 11 year olds were missed in 2002. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 January 2004

Reference

145202; 416 c294-5W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what proportion of 11 year olds have reached the required standard in (a) English and (b) numeracy in each year since the introduction of the National Literacy Strategy, broken down by local education authority. - No figures, tables in Library...

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 January 2004

Reference

145203; 416 c295W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how much funding has been provided to implement the Government's (a) numeracy and (b) literacy strategies in each year since 1998. - Inc table.

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 December 2003

For answer on

6 January 2004

Answered on

6 January 2004

Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding has been provided to implement the Government's (a) numeracy and (b) literacy strategies in each year since 1998. [145206] Mr. Stephen Twigg: The National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies, which started in 1998 and 1999 respectively, have transformed standards of attainment in primary schools. The total funding available (including matched funding) to local education authorities in England through the Standards Fund to support the implementation of the strategies in each financial year since 1998-99 was as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. National Literacy Strategy National Numeracy Strategy 1998-99 62.7 -- 1999-2000 72.8 73.8 2000-01 84.5 95.2 2001-02 102.6 103 2002-03 101.2 101.2 2003-04 107.4 107.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

6 January 2004

Reference

145206; 416 c295W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what assessment he has made of the findings in the Ofsted report on National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy on the quality of teaching in the daily literacy and numeracy hours.

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 January 2004

Reference

416 c65W; 144375

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what his assessment is of the likely effects of the teaching methods recommended by the recent Ofsted report National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies and the Primary Curriculum which encourage collaborative rather than passive learning on the disparity in achievement between...

Asked by

Nick Gibb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 December 2003

Reference

144578; 415 c959-60W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the contractual penalties incurred by contractors responsible for the delivery of primary (a) literacy and (b) numeracy strategies for failure to meet targets set by the strategies in the last three years. (Printed on 15.10.2003 in...

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 November 2003

Reference

131342; 412 c450W;412 c458W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 October 2003

Reference

131342; 411 (Not in Daily Part);411 c256W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what changes his Department plans to make to the mangement and delivery of the primary (a) literacy and (b) numeracy strategies.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 October 2003

Reference

131343; 410 c1139W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will list the representations made by his Department to the Centre for British Teachers regarding the management and delivery of the primary (a) literacy and (b) numeracy strategies in the last three years.

Asked by

Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 October 2003

Reference

131341; 410 c1139W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, if he will make a statement on the effect of the National Numeracy Strategy on numeracy skills amongst primary school children in Tynemouth constituency. - Includes figures.

Asked by

Alan Campbell (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 October 2003

Reference

130389; 410 c1141W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what recent representations he has received regarding government targets for literacy and numeracy.

Asked by

Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 June 2003

Reference

120781; 408 c21W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

Answered by

Stephen Twigg (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

10 April 2003

Reference

403 c393

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

Answered by

Stephen Twigg (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

10 April 2003

Reference

403 c393

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, If he will make a statement on progress in meeting his public service agreement targets in relation to (a) literacy, (b) numeracy and (c) truancy in schools.

Asked by

John Bercow (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

10 April 2003

Reference

403 c393; 108249

House

House of Commons

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