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Mr. Ron Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals he has to monitor reading standards in the national curriculum.
Mr. Eggar
The national curriculum will secure, for the first time, national information about standards in reading from age seven onwards. Once it is fully in place, all pupils will be required by law to be assessed in reading at the ages of seven, 11, 14 and 16; and aggregate statistics will be published.