Written questions

School Libraries: Primary Education

Commons · Question 81501 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 28 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department plans to define a library for the purposes of eligibility under the new primary school library funding scheme.

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 28 Oct 2025

As funding for this initiative will come from the Dormant Assets Scheme over which the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has responsibility, your question has been transferred to my Department.It is for individual schools to decide how best to provi...