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Public Libraries: City of Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support public libraries in City of Durham constituency.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
12 Feb 2025
Answer
18 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support public libraries in City of Durham constituency.

  2. 12 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 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.The Public Libraries and Museums Act...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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2 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing support for (a) growth in the social enterprise sector and (b) businesses that add general social value in Durham.

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Civil Society Covenant

16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress her Department has made in implementing the civil society covenant.