May. 29 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 24/05/2024 from Baroness Barran to Baroness Coussins regarding issues raised during the debate on Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life: the advanced language premium, educational trips and exchanges, the Hackney transition system, the Further Education sector, modern language degrees. 2p.Found: I hope these further details have been useful and I will place a copy in the House libraries.
May. 29 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 24/05/2024 from Baroness Barran to Lord Watson of Invergowrie regarding clarification to a figure quoted on the number of teaching assistants during the Oral Question on School Funding: Special Educational Needs. 1p.Found: I hope these details have been useful and I will place a copy in the House libraries.
Written Evidence May. 28 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Functions, such as children’s services, adult social care, adult education, business support and libraries
Mentions:
1: Griffin, Mark (Lab - Central Scotland) than a decade, Scottish local authorities have seen their budgets stripped to the bone, which has left libraries - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Balfour, Jeremy (Con - Lothian) in the group is to exempt schools, places of worship and other non-public places, such as hotels and libraries - Speech Link
Engagement document May. 24 2024
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)Found: was suggested that PIP claim forms should be more readily available, for example from job centres, libraries
May. 24 2024
Source Page: Key stage 2 tests: 2024 English reading test materialsFound: and Patents Act 1988, as amended by the Copyright and Rights in Performances (Research, Education, Libraries
Mentions:
1: David Jones (Con - Clwyd West) We have the benefit of one of the finest research libraries in the world. - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Freyberg (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the (1) total, and (2) regional, cost of providing mobile libraries; how are those figures split between capital and running costs; and what are the comparable figures for each year since 2009.
Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Arts Council England collects data from local authorities and publishes a basic dataset of information on public libraries in England. The dataset for 2022 shows the number of libraries in England (both statutory and non-statutory) from April 2010 to 31 December 2022, and includes information on the number of mobile vehicles operating. It can be found here.
The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 requires all local authorities to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service, and each local authority is responsible for determining how best to meet the needs of its communities, including the appropriateness of mobile library provision. The funding and costs of providing mobile library provision is a matter for individual local authorities; therefore, no such data are held by DCMS.
The Government’s Libraries Improvement Fund is investing £20.5 million in over 90 library services to upgrade their buildings and technology to reflect the changing needs of users. This funding includes supporting the purchase of a new mobile library vehicle in North Yorkshire and also in Warwickshire to deliver the first sensory mobile public library in the UK.
We will be publishing a refreshed Government strategy for public libraries later this year, informed by the independent review of English public libraries conducted by Baroness Sanderson of Welton. The forthcoming strategy will set out our plans to ensure that people across the country can benefit from excellent library services, and HM Government will explore opportunities to increase library use and engagement in line with Baroness Sanderson’s independent review recommendations.
Asked by: Lord Freyberg (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to commission research into the value of mobile libraries to ensure changing usage patterns keep up with the rise of digital resources.
Answered by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Arts Council England collects data from local authorities and publishes a basic dataset of information on public libraries in England. The dataset for 2022 shows the number of libraries in England (both statutory and non-statutory) from April 2010 to 31 December 2022, and includes information on the number of mobile vehicles operating. It can be found here.
The Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 requires all local authorities to provide a comprehensive and efficient library service, and each local authority is responsible for determining how best to meet the needs of its communities, including the appropriateness of mobile library provision. The funding and costs of providing mobile library provision is a matter for individual local authorities; therefore, no such data are held by DCMS.
The Government’s Libraries Improvement Fund is investing £20.5 million in over 90 library services to upgrade their buildings and technology to reflect the changing needs of users. This funding includes supporting the purchase of a new mobile library vehicle in North Yorkshire and also in Warwickshire to deliver the first sensory mobile public library in the UK.
We will be publishing a refreshed Government strategy for public libraries later this year, informed by the independent review of English public libraries conducted by Baroness Sanderson of Welton. The forthcoming strategy will set out our plans to ensure that people across the country can benefit from excellent library services, and HM Government will explore opportunities to increase library use and engagement in line with Baroness Sanderson’s independent review recommendations.