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969042

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date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he plans to take in response to the high court ruling that judged Northamptonshire's bid to close 21 libraries as unlawful.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	171366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>It is for Northamptonshire County Council (NCC) to carefully consider its response to the provisional judgement on the judicial reviews relating to NCC’s decision to revise its library service provision.</p><p> </p><p>I understand that NCC has paused the review of its local library service for further consideration and that it intends to work closely with community groups and interested parties of the 21 libraries affected by the previous decision.</p><p> </p><p>My officials are engaging with NCC officers to fully understand how NCC plans to proceed with next steps for the library service in light of the provisional judgement.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 13/09/2018 16:01:32 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

870273

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Northamptonshire
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the closure of libraries in Northamptonshire on literacy, social mobility, and poverty prevention programmes.
tabling member printed	Lord Bird
uin	HL6607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>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. In accordance with this duty and in light of representations to the Department about the agreed changes to the library service in Northamptonshire, the Secretary of State wrote to the Acting Council Leader on 19 March 2018 to confirm the Department is treating representations as a formal complaint.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that none of the Council’s libraries have yet closed. However, the Council has revised opening hours at the libraries, with the intention that they are open for at least three days per week.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 03/04/2018 13:58:23 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4564 label Biography information for Lord Bird

856028

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of whether Northamptonshire County Council is meeting its statutory requirements under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	131194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has received a number of representations following Northamptonshire County Council’s decision to revise its library service provision. We are carefully considering the representations to determine whether they will be treated as a formal complaint under the 1964 Act. If so, the Department will begin the process of investigating the complaint.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/03/2018 19:12:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

856029

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations he has received from representatives of Northamptonshire County Council library staff.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	131195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has received a number of representations concerning Northamptonshire County Council’s recently agreed changes to the library service provision in Northamptonshire. However there is no indication that any have been submitted by a member of the library staff.</p><p><br><br></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 12/03/2018 19:13:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan