Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage has welcomed the publication of a new briefing document on the issues of maths and numeracy in the UK.
The paper was put together by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Maths and Numeracy which Caroline established at the beginning of the year and highlights some startling facts about numeracy skills in the UK. For example, only one in five 16-64 year olds in England have numeracy skills roughly equivalent to GCSE grade C.
Caroline said:
"This Parliamentary Group was launched to shed light on the huge impact that poor numeracy has on individuals and our economy as well as to make recommendations about how the situation could be improved. With an estimated cost to the UK economy of £20 billion per year, the Group's first publication sheds light on the need to address poor numeracy urgently.
I am confident the Group's future work will continue to place pressure on policymakers, maintaining momentum in this important campaign to boost numeracy skills in the UK."
Caroline has long campaigned on the importance of numeracy and literacy. Most recently, she was instrumental in securing a landmark Business, Innovation and Skills Select Committee inquiry into literacy and numeracy which presented its findings earlier this month.
You can access the full report here: APPG Briefing Paper