- 04/11/2025
- Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
- Category: News
I am the Co Chair of the APPG on Publishing and was delighted by the announcement by the Chancellor that £10million will be allocated to schools so that every primary school has a library. I have campaigned on this issue and recently conducted a survey of schools in Walsall and Bloxwich to see which schools had a library. I am currently analysing the results.
The opportunity to ask a question to the Chancellor came last Tuesday 4 November and I was called during Topical Questions at Treasury Questions.
I asked the Chancellor:
“Will the Chancellor update the House on how and when schools can apply for libraries for primaries funding, which she announced on 29 September?”
Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor responded:
“We have made a commitment that every single primary school in England will have a library by the end of this Parliament. The Department for Education will set out the process in due course, but any primary school without a library can rest assured that it will have one soon.”