Question follow-through · 21170

School Libraries: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional (a) funding and (b) support is being provided to help schools improve library facilities.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
6 Jan 2025
Answer
7 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional (a) funding and (b) support is being provided to help schools improve library facilities.

  2. 6 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    School libraries complement public libraries in giving pupils access to a range of books and other kinds of texts, both in and out of school.It is for individual schools to decide how best to provide and maintain a library service for their pupils, includ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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Literacy: Southampton Test

27 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 21170 on School Libraries: Finance, what steps she is taking to increase levels of (a) literacy rates and (b) reading for pleasure in (i) primary and (ii)

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Pupils: Attendance

9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of emotional based school avoidance on (a) pupils and (b) schools.

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Pupils: Attendance

9 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the level of emotional based school avoidance in (a) Southampton Test constituency and (b) England.