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School Libraries
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of school libraries on pupils' (a) attainment and (b) wellbeing.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of school libraries on pupils' (a) attainment and (b) wellbeing.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2024
Answer published
Reading for pleasure is hugely important and is associated with a range of academic, social and emotional benefits. The 2021 Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study data for England showed that the pupils who said they liked reading the most ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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