United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 451
Pupils: Literacy
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6 January 2020
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9 January 2020 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent trends in book ownership amongst pupils aged nine to 18 on (a) literacy rates and (b) pupil development in the UK.
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6 January 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent trends in book ownership amongst pupils aged nine to 18 on (a) literacy rates and (b) pupil development in the UK.
Source: Commons
9 January 2020
Answer
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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-01-06/451
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1168936
- uk · wq-1168936 · source updated 9 January 2020