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max answer date	2019-05-21
max ddp created	2018-11-06T21:49:58.643Z
min ddp created	2018-01-08T23:47:22.697Z
answer › answering member constituency	Northampton North
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15/01/2018

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Public Libraries

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25259

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To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of people using public libraries in each of the last five years.

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North Swindon

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Justin Tomlinson

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is ministerial correction

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23/01/2018

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The detail requested is not collected by this Department. However, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) collect annually from the individual library authorities comprehensive information relating to library service provision in Great Britain. The following table outlines the number of physical library visits in each of the last five years in England. <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>Visits (million)</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>238.9</td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>223.9</td></tr><tr><td>2014/15</td><td>224.6</td></tr><tr><td>2015/16</td><td>210.8</td></tr><tr><td>2016/17</td><td>204.3</td></tr></tbody></table> The CIPFA library statistics can be accessed from the House library.

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Northampton North

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Michael Ellis

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23/01/2018 13:55:33

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label	Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis

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label	Biography information for Justin Tomlinson