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Primary Education: School Libraries

Asked by Phil BrickellLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 12 May 2025UIN 49583

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the National Literacy Trust's findings that one in seven state primary schools do not have a (a) library or (b) dedicated library space.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Bolton West to the answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 27959.

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