39. Mr. Ted GarrettTo ask the Minister for the Arts what information he has on the level of loans from public libraries in the last year for which figures are available.
466Wreply to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North of 30 January 1987, Official Report, column 462, about the total acreage (a) in cereals and rape and (b) in grass in 1987 and the forecast for 1988 and about the increase or decrease in each case since 1979 in actual and percentage terms.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonThe areas for 1987 and 1979 are as set out.
The 1988 area cannot be accurately forecast.
§ Mr. LuceThe latest available information indicates that in 1985–86 English public libraries loaned 540 million books. Loans of items other than books are estimated to have been about 14 million.