Question follow-through · 59278
Public Libraries: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that every child has access to a library in areas of high disadvantage.
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that every child has access to a library in areas of high disadvantage.
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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17 Jun 2025
Answer published
All children should have the opportunity to access books and other resources to support their learning and enjoyment.Public libraries are delivered by local government in accordance with the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964. Local authorities must ha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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