Question follow-through · 89270
Primary Education: School Libraries
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the primary school library rollout will begin as part of the government's commitment to ensure every primary school in England has a library by the end of this parliament.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 14 Nov 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the primary school library rollout will begin as part of the government's commitment to ensure every primary school in England has a library by the end of this parliament.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has responsibility for the Dormant Assets Scheme, which is providing funding to support the primary school library commitment, previously announced by the Chancellor. Through the Scheme, £132.5 million has been ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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