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Primary Education: School Libraries |
| Question ID: |
1757602 |
| UIN: |
HL4257 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4234 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
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Baroness Lister of Burtersett
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the National Literacy Trust’s findings on the long-term impact of improved literacy, what assessment they have made of the economic and social benefits of investing in primary school libraries. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-04 |
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false |
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false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
School libraries complement public libraries by giving pupils access to a range of books and other kinds of texts, both in and out of school. The national curriculum states that teachers are expected to encourage pupils to develop the habit of reading wid... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |