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Mathematics performance in primary schools: getting the best results

Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 27 April 2009.

Oral evidenceTaken before the Committee of Public Accounts

on Monday 8 December 2008

Members present:

Mr Edward Leigh, in the Chair Mr Austin Mitchell

Mr Ian Davidson Dr John Pugh

Keith Hill Geraldine Smith

CONTENTS

Mr Tim Burr CB, Comptroller & Auditor General, Mr Michael Whitehouse, Assistant Auditor General and Angela Hands, Director, National Audit Office, were in attendance.

Ms Paula Diggle, Treasury Officer of Accounts, HM Treasury, gave evidence.

REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL

MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS:

GETTING THE BEST RESULTS (HC1151)
Witnesses: Mr David Bell, Permanent Secretary, and Mr Jon Coles, Acting Director General for Schools, Department for Children, Schools and Families, gave evidence.
Question Numbers:
1-19
20-39
40-59
60-79
80-84
1. Supplementary memorandum from the Department for Children, Schools and Families
2. Memorandum from Charlotte Davies