Question follow-through · 59344
Children: Reading
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle regional inequalities in children’s (a) reading enjoyment and (b) daily reading frequency.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle regional inequalities in children’s (a) reading enjoyment and (b) daily reading frequency.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jun 2025
Answer published
Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.High and rising school standards, with excellent foundations in reading, writing and mathematics, are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barrier...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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