Basic Skills levels across the population v offenders - do you know the stats?

[Hulababy]

I was on a course yesterday and was given a set of stats that I found interesting. I know there are some MNetters who find stats of this kind of thing interesteing so thought I would share.

The course was about the importance of raising literacy and numeracy standards.

These were the questions posted?

1. What %age of adults in the UK with a degree are in work?

1. What %age of adults in the UK with no qualifications(of any form) are in work?

1. What %age of offenders are unemployed (not counting when in prison)?

1. What %age of jobs in the UK are available for people wiith language, literacy and numeracy skills at a very low level (below adult equivalent of a 7 year old)?

1. What %age of people in England have no qualification of any kind?

1. What %age of offenders in England have no qualification of any kind?

1. What %age of people surveyed have reading and writing skills at or below the adult equivalent of an 11 year old?

1. What %age of offenders surveyed have reading and writing skills at or below the adult equivalent of an 11 year old?

1. What %age of people surveyed have numeracy skills at or below the adult equivalent of an 11 year old?

10. What %age of offenders surveyed have numeracy skills at or below the adult equivalent of an 11 year old?

11. What %age of adults surveyed thought they had difficulty with literacy, language or numeracy?

12. What %age of children are excluded from school?

13. What %age of offenders were exclused from school?

14. What %age of the population are thought to be dylexic in some form?

15. What %age of offenders in a Bradford survey were found to be dyslexic?