Question follow-through · 38666

Pupils: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help promote reading for fun in schools.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
19 Mar 2025
Answer
25 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help promote reading for fun in schools.

  2. 19 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member for South Shropshire to the answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35717.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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