Question follow-through · 27959
School Libraries
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on adding the collection of school library data to the school census.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 31 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on adding the collection of school library data to the school census.
5 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2025
Answer published
School libraries complement public libraries by giving pupils access to a range of books and other kinds of texts, both in and out of school. The national curriculum states that teachers are expected to encourage pupils to develop the habit of reading wid...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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