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Public Libraries: Closures

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Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UIN 59269, tabled on 10 January 2017

Question

Tim Farron
Liberal Democrat
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have closed since February 2016.

Answer

Mr Rob Wilson
Conservative
Reading East
Commons

Answered on

26 January 2017

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport monitors proposed changes to library service provision throughout England, however the Department does not hold complete figures on total public library closures since February 2016.

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport