Question follow-through · 98286
Children: Reading
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures she will use to evaluate the effect of the National Year of Reading 2026 on closing the gender attainment gap.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 8 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 24 Dec 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures she will use to evaluate the effect of the National Year of Reading 2026 on closing the gender attainment gap.
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Dec 2025
Answer published
Reading for pleasure brings a range of benefits, including strong links with attainment. However, research by the National Literacy Trust shows that in 2025, just one in three children aged 8 to 18 reported enjoying reading, with teenage boys regularly re...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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