Question follow-through · 26452
Public Libraries
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with local authorities to maintain community libraries in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 27 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with local authorities to maintain community libraries in (a) England and (b) Romford constituency.
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Feb 2025
Answer published
Public libraries are funded by local authorities and each local authority is responsible for assessing the needs of their local communities and designing a library service to meet those needs within available resources. DCMS Secretary of State has a duty ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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