§ Mr. HaynesTo ask the Minister for the Arts what information he has about the level of loans from public libraries in Nottinghamshire in the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. LuceInformation about public library loans is collected and published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. In the latest year for which information is available — 1985–86 — public libraries in Nottinghamshire issued 12.05 million books and more than 296,000 other items.