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 ...