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UIN 450

Children: Reading

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6 January 2020

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9 January 2020 · Answer

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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase book ownership amongst children in Portsmouth.

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  1. 6 January 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase book ownership amongst children in Portsmouth.

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  2. 9 January 2020

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    National Literacy Trust research published in November 2019 showed that the gap in book ownership between disadvantaged children and their peers has almost halved in the past six years (from 6.1% in 2013 to 3.3% in 2019).The Department wants all children ...

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