Written question asked by Peter Ainsworth (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 April 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 April 2001. It was answered by Lord Smith of Finsbury (Labour) on Monday, 9 April 2001 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how may local authorities employ full-time music librarians; and how many did so in 1996-97. - Includes fact that information is not collected centrally and ref to CIPFA Public Library Statitics in Library.

Answer: Mr. Peter Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how may local authorities employ full-time music librarians; and how many did so in 1996-97. [157563] Mr. Chris Smith: This information is not collected centrally. The CIPFA Public Library Statistics, which are available in the Library of the House, provide information on the numbers of professional, other non-manual and manual posts in public libraries but do not identify the numbers of posts in the various libraries and departments of any library authority.

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