Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 81502

School Libraries: Lancashire

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in (a) Lancashire and (b) Fylde constituency do not have access to a library in the latest period for which data is available.

Answer

Georgia Gould
It is for individual schools to decide how best to provide and maintain a library service for their pupils. Headteachers have autonomy to decide how best to spend the core schools funding that the department allocates. Given this autonomy, the department ...
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