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date	09/02/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many new libraries have been opened in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	151613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2021 answer text <p>The Libraries Taskforce published the 'Public libraries in England: extended dataset' on 11 January 2018 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-libraries-in-england-basic-dataset#history" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-libraries-in-england-basic-dataset#history</a>) provides details of static libraries (statutory and non-statutory) in England as at 1 April 2010 and 1 July 2016, and includes information on permanent library closures, as well as new libraries opening.</p><p>Details relating to static libraries as at 31 December 2019 has been collected by Arts Council England and will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 151614 question first answered 17/02/2021 15:49:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1170792

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to commission a review of the importance of access to public libraries in all parts of England, including consideration of the relationship between library access and (1) income, and (2) social class.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Libraries play an important role in giving everyone opportunities to improve their life chances and achieve their full potential. They serve a diverse range of people from all backgrounds and provide access to a variety of services. The regularly published Taking Part Survey provides details of the proportion of adults who have used a public library service at least once in the previous 12 months. This includes details of use by upper and lower socio-economic groups, as well as by index of multiple deprivation. The figures for 2018/19 indicate that 36.7% of respondents from the upper socio-economic group and 27.9% of respondents from the lower socio-economic group reported visiting a library in the last 12 months. We have no plans to conduct a review.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 22/01/2020 13:52:04 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1148309

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote libraries in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL18029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 08/10/2019 16:31:54 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth