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<p>The Department does not commission information relating to the closure of rural
and urban libraries. Data relating to public libraries is collected and published
annually by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. My Rt Hon Friend
will note that the number of library service points in the Wilshire Library Authority
has increased from 34 in 2000, to 36 in 2015. Meanwhile, in Labour-run Wales, the
number of library service points in the same period dropped from 321 to 274. <strong><br></strong></p><p>
</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>31 March</p></td><td><p>Total service points
open ten hours or more per week, including mobile libraries, in England</p></td><td><p>Total
service points open ten hours or more per week, including mobile libraries, in Wiltshire
Library Authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>3,501</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>3,497</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>3,504</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>3,510</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>3,524</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>3,474</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>3,500</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>3,494</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>3,469</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>3,451</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3,428</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,393</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,243</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,181</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,142</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,076</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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