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Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 225619, tabled on 26 February 2015

Question

Chris Bryant
Labour
Rhondda
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223186, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of statistics published by Public Libraries News on library closures and libraries transferred to volunteers.

Answer

Mr Edward Vaizey
Conservative
Wantage
Commons

Answered on

3 March 2015

The DCMS has no plans to make an assessment of the accuracy of statistics published by Public Libraries News on library closures and libraries transferred to volunteers. The summary statistics published by Public Libraries News relate to public libraries throughout the United Kingdom. The remit of the DCMS, however, is to superintend and promote the improvement of libraries in England.

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