Subject	Predicate	Object
VlVfm3P1	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	kg5sPIRw
	answer has answering person	John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale
	answer text	<p>This information is not collected by the department. However, Arts Council England collects data from local authorities and publishes a basic dataset of information on public libraries in England. The libraries basic dataset 2022 shows the number of static libraries in England (statutory and non-statutory) as at 1 April 2010, 1 July 2016, 31 December 2019, 31 December 2021 and 31 December 2022. It can be found <a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/supporting-arts-museums-and-libraries/supporting-libraries#:~:text=Basic%20Dataset%20for%20Libraries&text=The%20Libraries%20Basic%20Dataset%20is,the%20number%20of%20mobile%20libraries" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>This dataset indicates that there are around 150 static public libraries which were not part of statutory provision in 2010 but were at 31 December 2022.</p><p> </p>
	answer given date	2023-09-29
	answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has written answer	VlVfm3P1
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	VlVfm3P1
kg5sPIRw	question has answer	VlVfm3P1
John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale	answering person has answer	VlVfm3P1