Written questions

School Libraries: Lancashire

Commons · Question 81502 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 22 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

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

Answered by Georgia Gould, 22 Oct 2025

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 ...