To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his most recent estimate is of the number of adults in the workplace without a first full Level 2 qualification, broken down by (a) Learning and Skills Council and (b) local education authority; and if he will make a statement. (108113)

The Department publishes annual figures on Qualifications and Participation in Learning at a local level; the latest version for January-December 2005 can be found at:

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/STA/t000677/index.shtml

The table on Qualification Attainment of economically active adults includes the number and proportion of adults in the workforce without a Level 2 qualification broken down by LSC and local education authority area.

Nationally, we are making very good progress towards the Adult Level 2 PSA target. We expect to exceed comfortably the 2006 interim milestone—1 million more adults in the workforce with Level 2 or higher qualifications since 2003—when final Labour Force Survey results for 2006 are published in March 2007.