It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dame Maria. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East on his opening speech celebrating National Numeracy Day and pay tribute to the hon. Member for Glenrothes for his excellent contribution. Maths is crucial for daily life and career prospects; adults with poor numeracy are more than twice as likely to be unemployed at age 30. Since 2010, we have transformed maths teaching based on international evidence, adopting mastery-based pedagogy from south-east Asia in over half of primary schools. We introduced challenging assessments like the multiplication tables check and new key stage 2 maths tests. The UK improved significantly in PISA rankings, moving from 28th to 18th place for 15-year-olds. By 2025, we aim to expand teaching for mastery to 75% of primary schools and 65% of secondary schools through the maths hubs programme, reaching over 8,000 schools by 2024. We support GCSE resit students taught by teachers in full mastery intervention, who make additional progress compared with other students. The advanced mathematics support programme has reached 86% of state-funded schools and colleges. A fully funded national professional qualification for primary school maths leaders will be available from February next year to improve pupil outcomes further. We established a maths to 18 expert advisory group to guide future thinking on post-16 maths provision, aiming to enhance young people's maths knowledge before they start work and make Britain more globally competitive.