Question follow-through · 30232
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.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- 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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- Business and Social Enterprises: Durham · 2 Apr 2025
- Civil Society Covenant · 16 Sept 2025
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Recorded timeline
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.
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Business and Social Enterprises: Durham
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.
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.