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DCMS officials have met with Birmingham City Council officers to ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities to provide a \u2018comprehensive and efficient\u2019 library service across the area as required by the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964, and to advise on superintendence processes.<\/p>
However, the development of options for future library service provision in Birmingham is the responsibility of the Council.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1446", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rhondda and Ogmore"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chris Bryant"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-07-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-07-24T10:52:44.767Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "217"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-07-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Public Libraries: Birmingham"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Birmingham City Council's consultation entitled Libraries Consultation 2024, published on 4 April 2024, what role officials in her Department had in the development of the options presented in that consultation.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/5234", "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham Northfield"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Laurence Turner"} ], "uin" : "757"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1721991", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Culture, Media and Sport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1721991/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Society lotteries are a vital fundraising tool for many charities, community groups, sports clubs and other non-commercial organisations.<\/p>
In 2020, the annual sales limit was increased from £10 million to £50 million as part of a wider package of changes to society lottery limits.<\/p>
My department continues to work closely with the Gambling Commission to monitor society lotteries and the charities they support.<\/p>
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Society lotteries are a vital fundraising tool for many charities, community groups, sports clubs and other non-commercial organisations.<\/p>
In 2020, the annual sales limit was increased from £10 million to £50 million as part of a wider package of changes to society lottery limits.<\/p>
My department continues to work closely with the Gambling Commission to monitor society lotteries and the charities they support.<\/p>
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The National Lottery has raised over £49 billion for good causes since 1994. In the last five years, over £6 billion of funding and 120,000 grants were delivered by distributor bodies.<\/p>