Question follow-through · 112755
Libraries
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support libraries.
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
- 11 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 27 Feb 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support libraries.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Feb 2026
Answer published
Each local authority is responsible for assessing the needs of their local communities and designing a library service to meet those needs within their available resources.DCMS supports library services by providing guidance on any proposed changes to the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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