Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 88616
Primary Education: School Libraries
Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 14 November 2025
Question
Damian Hinds
Conservative — East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the speech at the Labour Party Conference of 29 September 2025, on what evidential basis it was said that 1,700 primary schools do not have a school library.
Answer
Stephanie PeacockThe 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. Research by the National Literacy Trust esti...
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