PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Public Libraries: Closures (9 February 2021)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries have closed in the last five years.
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Answer
The Libraries Taskforce published the 'Public libraries in England: extended dataset' on 11 January 2018 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-libraries-in-england-basic-dataset#history) provides details of static libraries (statutory and non-statutory) in England as at 1 April 2010 and 1 July 2016, and includes information on permanent library closures, as well as new libraries opening.
Details relating to static libraries as at 31 December 2019 has been collected by Arts Council England and will be published shortly.
Answered by:
Dame Caroline Dinenage (Conservative)
17 February 2021
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