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224426

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to section one of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 2014, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities properly discharge their (a) duties to meet the needs of public library users and (b) other duties under that Act.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	225801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text Section 1 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 places a duty on the Secretary of State to superintend, and promote the improvement of, the public library service provided by local authorities in England, and to secure the proper discharge by local authorities of the functions in relation to libraries conferred on them as library authorities by or under this Act. There are a number of steps being taken to support my Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State to meet this statutory duty. This includes close monitoring by the DCMS of developments relating to proposed library service changes throughout England and regular engagement by Ministers and Departmental officials with the library sector stakeholders to identify key issues. In addition, Arts Council England, the development agency for libraries, provides support and development to the libraries sector and collaborates and discusses with the relevant stakeholders to identify challenges and opportunities for libraries. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 09/03/2015 15:42:58 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

223889

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	225619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>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.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 03/03/2015 15:02:26 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

177396

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of what proportion of the population visited a public library in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	223185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The detail requested is not held centrally by this Department, nor is it collected by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy as part of the annual public library statistics.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/02/2015 10:00:34 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

177408

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of statistics published by Public Libraries News on library closures and libraries transferred to volunteers.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	223186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The DCMS has not made any assessment of the accuracy of statistics published by Public Libraries News on library closures and libraries transferred to volunteers, but does carefully monitor and assess proposals by local authorities in England for any changes to their library service provision.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/02/2015 10:01:28 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

177413

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of whether the number of library authorities is sufficient to meet the needs of public library users.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	223184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The DCMS has not made any assessment of whether the number of library authorities is sufficient to meet the needs of public library users. This is for individual Library Authorities to determine.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/02/2015 09:59:41 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

177422

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Library Service Points open for 10 hours or more per week there were in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	223048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy compile and publish annual library statistics, copies of which are available in the House Libraries.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/02/2015 09:56:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

177119

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have (a) closed and (b) become volunteer-run since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	222966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>DCMS monitors proposals by local authorities for any changes to their library service provision and our estimate of static library closures, from May 2010 to the end of December 2014, based on consulting a number of sources, is around 93. This means that the number of static libraries has fallen from slightly over 3,000 to just over 2,900. The DCMS does not collect information on the number of volunteer-run libraries.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 10/02/2015 09:37:29 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

172888

registered interest
date	09/01/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which recommendations in the Independent Library Report for England, published in December 2014, he (a) accepts and (b) rejects.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	220312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>We accept all the recommendations in the Independent Library Report for England. The solutions are practical and will help to continue to build strong, dynamic partnerships across the library sector.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 14/01/2015 14:10:42 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

168625

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries have faced the prospect of closure or being run by volunteer groups in the period (a) 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 and (b) since 1 April 2014.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	217670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>DCMS monitors proposals by Local Authorities for any changes to their library service provision however we do not collect information on the specific number of libraries that face the prospect of closure or run by volunteer groups. Our estimate of static library closures, for the period 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014, based on consulting a number of sources is around 20.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 15/12/2014 17:39:31 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 33093 answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

168627

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the Sieghart report on the public library service.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	217669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>As I stated at the Westminster Hall debate on 19 November about Public Libraries (England), we intend to publish the Independent Library Report in the next few weeks.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/12/2014 13:31:42 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant