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Question follow-through · 45523

Public Libraries: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have closed in each of the last ten years.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
28 Apr 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have closed in each of the last ten years.

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    DCMS estimates the number of static libraries that have permanently closed (and not been replaced by or relocated to a new static library) in England in each of the last 10 years is as follows: Calendar YearEstimated Permanent Static Library Closures20147...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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