United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 98286
Children: Reading
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8 December 2025
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24 December 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures she will use to evaluate the effect of the National Year of Reading 2026 on closing the gender attainment gap.
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8 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures she will use to evaluate the effect of the National Year of Reading 2026 on closing the gender attainment gap.
Source: Commons
24 December 2025
Answer
Reading for pleasure brings a range of benefits, including strong links with attainment. However, research by the National Literacy Trust shows that in 2025, just one in three children aged 8 to 18 reported enjoying reading, with teenage boys regularly re...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-08/98286
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1861452
- uk · wq-1861452 · source updated 24 December 2025