Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason only children in primary schools in the state sector will receive the Platinum Jubilee children's book.

As the commemorative book is funded from the department’s budget, it is appropriate that it should be given to children in state funded education.

The decision was made to set the readability at a level suitable for upper key stage 2, as it would be extremely difficult to produce a book of this type which would be suitable for early years, primary, and secondary school audiences. A book targeted at all primary aged children will allow the older children to read the book independently, while also encouraging reading by parents or guardians to the younger children.