Libraries: Closures
Commons · Question 119288 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries have closed, opened, or relocated in England in each of the last five years.
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 18 Mar 2026
As the libraries development agency for England, Arts Council England (ACE) collects and publishes data on library closures, openings and relocations in its annual English Public Libraries Location Dataset. The dataset can be found at the following link: ...