Public Libraries
(asked on 5th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, columns 809-10W, on Arts Council England, how much Arts Council England spending on libraries was obtained from (a) grant-in-aid and lottery funding in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
This question was answered on 10th June 2014
Arts Council England spending on libraries for the years requested is shown in the following table:
| 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
Grant-in-Aid | £687,000 | £622,287 |
Lottery | £1,001,200 | £2,418,224 |
Libraries are funded by local authorities, who have a statutory duty to maintain local library services.