Question follow-through · 78025

Numeracy: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to improve numeracy rates in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
23 Oct 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to improve numeracy rates in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    To drive standards in mathematics, the department funds the Maths Hubs programme, supported by the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics. Local Maths Hubs provide school-to-school support focused on mathematics subject knowledge an...

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