(PA)
The proportion of young people who enjoy writing has fallen to a record low, a charity survey suggests.
Only around a third (34.5%) of children and young people said they find pleasure from writing, compared to two in five (39.8%) last year, according to a National Literacy Trust (NLT) report.
This is the lowest level of writing enjoyment recorded by the charity since the question was first asked in 2010.
The research, based on a survey of more than 40,000 children aged eight to 18 in 2021, also found only one in seven (15.2%) children and young people said they write something in their spare time every day.