Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Kerry McCarthy Excerpts
Monday 29th April 2024

(3 weeks, 2 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Johnston Portrait David Johnston
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My hon. Friend raises an excellent point. Reading is one of the most important things children can be doing at a young age. Our Little Moments Together campaign provides free resources for parents to encourage a positive culture of reading at home, and we also fund the National Literacy Trust, which does great work to promote reading.

Kerry McCarthy Portrait Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab)
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T9. Can the Minister give us an update on the schools-based work of the Youth Endowment Fund on trying to stop young people getting involved in crime, and can he tell us how the success of that work will be judged?