Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 March 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 March 2026. It was answered by Ian Murray (Labour) on Friday, 20 March 2026 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Libraries: Lincolnshire
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries have (1) closed and (2) opened in Lincolnshire in each of the last ten years.
- Answer
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As the libraries development agency for England, Arts Council England collects and publishes data on library closures and openings in its annual English Public Libraries Location Dataset. The dataset can be found at the following link: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/supporting-arts-museums-and-libraries/supporting-libraries and will be updated in April 2026 with figures for 2025.
The English Public Libraries Location Dataset 2024 shows the following for Lincolnshire:
Calendar Year
Static Library Closures
Static Library Openings
2016
0
13
2017
0
1
2018
3
2
2019
0
0
2020
0
0
2021
0
0
2022
0
0
2023
0
0
2024
0
0
2025
Data not yet available
Data not yet available
2026
Data not yet available
Data not yet available
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 119826
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Libraries Lincolnshire
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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- 2026-03-20 14:44:11 +0000
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