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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 14 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 16 June 2005. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Monday, 20 June 2005 on behalf of the Northern Ireland Office.

Libraries

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent on the purchase of new books for libraries in each education board area in each of the last five years.
Answer

The following table sets out details of the amount spent by each of the Education and Library Boards on the purchase of new books in each of the last five years.

£000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05
BELB 445 371 497 125 173
NEELB 336 274 577 342 173
SEELB 490 565 472 266 118
SELB 394 228 334 119 117
WELB 89 262 332 143 176
Note: This information includes monies spent on reference books, adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children's books. It does not cover newspapers, periodicals, magazines or electronic media. Source: Remainder of figures sourced from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) Public Library Statistics Publication.
(59) Information sourced directly from boards, published figures not yet available.
(60) Figure sourced directly from board, not included in published returns for this year

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5506; 435 c854W;435 c858W
Session
2005-06
Related items
New Books
Thursday, 26 January 2006
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Expenditure Libraries Northern Ireland Public libraries
Contains statistics
Yes