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Offenders: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he taking to ensure that people in the criminal justice system can engage with the National Year of Reading.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
23 Feb 2026
Answer
23 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he taking to ensure that people in the criminal justice system can engage with the National Year of Reading.

  2. 23 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The National Year of Reading is a welcome opportunity to promote a wide range of activity to improve literacy and engagement with reading for people in custody and on probation. As part of this work we have appointed the first ever Prison Reading Laureate...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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