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Primary Education: School Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government's ambition that every primary school should have a library, how much funding will be available for (a) the building of libraries and (b) the conversion of existin

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
13 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government's ambition that every primary school should have a library, how much funding will be available for (a) the building of libraries and (b) the conversion of existin

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has responsibility over the Dormant Assets Scheme.Through the Scheme, £132.5 million has been allocated to increasing disadvantaged young people’s access to enrichment opportunities in the arts, culture, sports ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Primary Education: School Libraries

10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the speech at the Labour Party Conference of 29 September 2025, on what evidential basis it was said that 1,700 primary schools do not have a school library.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Museum Renewal Fund

19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the eligibility of the Museum Renewal Fund to include independent museums.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Museums and Galleries

19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will consider the potential merits of introducing a statutory definition of civic museums to include independent museums.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tourism: Tax Yields

10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the contribution of inbound international visitors to Exchequer receipts in the five most recent years for which data are available.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Tourism: Economic Situation

10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the contribution of inbound international visitors to the UK economy in the five most recent years for which data are available.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Events Industry

25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what objectives her department gives to the British Tourist Authority for promoting the UK as a business events destination.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Events Industry

25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the size of the (a) global (b) European markets for international business events, and the UK’s share of them.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Events Industry

25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the growth trajectory of the (a) global (b) European markets for international business events.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Events Industry

25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what impact she projects on the development and marketing of business events in the UK from the closure of the Business Events Growth Programme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Events Industry

25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what long-term impact she projects on (a) total economic activity (b) export earnings from the closure of the Business Events Growth Programme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Events Industry: Government Assistance

25 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what alternative sources of finance and support are available from HM Government for organisations and events previously served by the Business Events Growth Programme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Youth Services: Expenditure

1 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of her Department’s (a) capital and (b) revenue spending across youth facilities and activities programmes in (i) 2023/4, (ii) 2024/5, (iii) 2025/6 and (iv) 2026/7.