Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 34511

Literacy: Southampton Test

Tabled: 27 February 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025

Question

Satvir Kaur

LabourSouthampton Test

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 21170 on School Libraries: Finance, what steps she is taking to increase levels of (a) literacy rates and (b) reading for pleasure in (i) primary and (ii)

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
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 barriers to opportunity and give every child the best start in life.​In recognition of this, the d...

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