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The latest national statistics on Key Skills produced by the Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills were released on 3rd April 2008 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics AuthorityUK Statistics Authority

DIUS: Awards of Key Skills Qualifications: 2006/07

DescriptionStatistics on Awards of Key Skills Qualifications cover qualifications obtained in England, Wales and Northern Ireland for the period up to the end of September 2007. The latest release updates figures published on 19 April 2007.

The key points from the latest release are:
  • Up to September 2007, over 2.9 million Key Skills qualifications have been awarded
  • There were 731 thousand awards of Key Skills qualifications in 2006/07 alone
  • 548 thousand of all Key Skills qualifications awards in 2006/07 were for the main Key Skills (Communication, Application of Number and Information Communication Technology), up 5 percent from 2005/06. However, the rate of increase has slowed considerably from the 19% rise of the previous year
  • 184 thousand of all Key Skills qualifications awards in 2006/07 were for Wider Key Skills (Improving Own Learning & Performance, Problem Solving and Working with Others), up 8 percent from 2005/06
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    Additional informationEXCEL (These Excel spreadsheets contain the main tables from this SFR)
    Additional informationEXCEL (Awards of All Key Skills Qualifications by Qualification Level by Academic Age by Qualification Type - Table 8 2000/01 - 2005/06)
    Additional informationEXCEL (Awards of All Key Skills Qualifications by Centre Type by Qualification Level by Qualification Type - Table 9 2000/01 - 2005/06 - UPDATED: Table 9c corrected (17 April 2008))
    Additional informationEXCEL (Awards of All Key Skills Qualifications by Government Office Region and Country by Qualification Level by Qualification Type - Table 10 2000/01 - 2006/07)
    Reference IDDIUS SFR04/2008
    Coverage Country England, Wales & Northern Ireland
    Date Released3 April 2008
    Main Category Education and Skills
    Sub CategoryCurriculum and qualifications (pre-16)    Click on subcategory link to see if there is later information
    TypeStatistical First Release
    ContactThe Data Outputs Unit  mailbox.dataoutputsunit@dcsf.gsi.gov.uk   
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