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.
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
- 17 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
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.
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Mar 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member for South Shropshire to the answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35717.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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