Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 113887
Literacy: Standards
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026
Question
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Labour — Heywood and Middleton North
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is having discussions with the Chancellor on a cross-departmental approach to raising literacy rates among children and young people.
Answer
Josh MacAlisterThe department is working with other government departments, including the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), as well as the Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish devolved governments, to promote the National Year of...
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