Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 5266

Public Libraries: Lincolnshire

Tabled: 11 September 2024

Answered: 9 October 2024

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has provided for library resources in Lincolnshire County Council in each of the last five years.

Answer

Jim McMahon

Funding for local councils is provided through the Local Government Finance Settlement. The majority of Settlement funding is unringfenced for local authorities to use as they wish, including funding local libraries.We recognise that councils know their c...

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