Question follow-through · 12405
Public Libraries
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support is available to local authorities to maintain public library services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support is available to local authorities to maintain public library services.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 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. Core funding for libraries is through the Local Government Finance Settlement. In ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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