Public Libraries: Closures
Commons · Question 72 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 21 May 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have closed in England in the past five years.
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 21 May 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: ...