Written question asked by Mike Weir (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 27 January 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 31 January 2011. It was answered by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Monday, 14 February 2011 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Departmental Libraries

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) certified and (b) chartered librarians his Department has employed in each year since 2000.

Answer: The Department has not employed any certified librarians between 2000 and 2011. The chartered status of librarians employed by the Department during the same period is not held centrally. It would incur disproportionate cost to examine 11 years' worth of staff records to establish exact numbers. However, information on the chartered status of all librarians in membership of the Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals (CILIP), the professional body which awards chartership following qualification and evidence of professional development, is publicly available and published in the ““CILIP yearbook 2010””, Facet Publishing, 2010. ISBN 9781856046787. The Department currently employs 16 librarians of whom nine are chartered.

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