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Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 17 March 2025UIN 37573

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of adults resident in the UK unable to (a) read and (b) write in English.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 12th March is attached.

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