Written Question·Department for Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 88182

British Library: Finance

Tabled: 5 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

John McDonnell

LabourHayes and Harlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of funding that her Department provides to the British Library, in the context of its industrial dispute with the Public and Commercial S

Answer

Ian Murray
As an arms-length body of the department, the British Library’s funding is considered in the round as part of Spending Review arrangements and departmental business planning.The British Library is operationally independent of government and the day to day...

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