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That this House congratulates the Glasgow Womens' Library (GWL) on being awarded Recognised Collections of National Significance status by Museums Galleries Scotland; recognises that GWL is the only accredited museum dedicated to women's history in the whole of the UK; notes that the GWL collection encompasses a wide range of documents and objects, including suffragette memorabilia; and commends staff and volunteers for their enthusiastic outreach programmes which support women of all backgrounds, and encourages people to visit this unique collection.
That this House congratulates the Glasgow Womens' Library (GWL) on being awarded Recognised Collections of National Significance status by Museums Galleries Scotland; recognises that GWL is the only accredited museum dedicated to women's history in the whole of the UK; notes that the GWL collection encompasses a wide range of...
That this House deplores the decision of Fife Council to close 16 libraries across Fife; regrets that this decision will lead to job losses; believes that libraries provide an invaluable resource to people of all ages who rely on their local library for a wide range of different services; notes that libraries sit at the heart of communities, providing space and facilities often not available close by; considers the particular impact that this will have on those with mobility issues; and calls on Fife Council to reconsider its decision.
That this House deplores the decision of Fife Council to close 16 libraries across Fife; regrets that this decision will lead to job losses; believes that libraries provide an invaluable resource to people of all ages who rely on their local library for a wide range of different services; notes...
That this House applauds the unique role played by the British Library in the UK's increasingly knowledge-based economy; notes that the Library receives over 1.6 million yearly visits to its 150 million items, including the Magna Carta and St Cuthbert's Gospel; celebrates the Library's digital collection of over 600 terabytes which serves over three million users every year; recognises the value of these resources to higher education and research at undergraduate, postgraduate and professional level; welcomes the Library's plans to expand its Boston Spa site in West Yorkshire for storing and managing collections that contributes to the knowledge economy in the North of England; praises the support that the British Library's UK Research Reserve has provided to universities, which has enabled them to deliver savings of £37 million over five years; further recognises that the British Library creates net economic value of £419 million for the UK; further notes that the British Library's business support services have already created 4,200 jobs nationwide; notes that the Library has made real-terms savings of 30 per cent to its budget, less than a third that of the Library of Congress, and less than three quarters that of France's national library; recognises that further cuts to the British Library's budget would undermine its economic contribution and damage its international status as one of the world's greatest libraries; and urges the Government to protect the funding of the British Library from further cuts.
That this House applauds the unique role played by the British Library in the UK's increasingly knowledge-based economy; notes that the Library receives over 1.6 million yearly visits to its 150 million items, including the Magna Carta and St Cuthbert's Gospel; celebrates the Library's digital collection of over 600 terabytes...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which books have been removed from prison libraries due to objections by convicted prisoners.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which books have been removed from prison libraries due to objections by convicted prisoners.
This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The final decision on whether particular books should be available in a prison library, or removed from it, for whatever reason, lies with the Prison Governor.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what rights convicted prisoners have to dictate which books are stocked in prison libraries.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what rights convicted prisoners have to dictate which books are stocked in prison libraries.
This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The final decision on whether particular books should be available in a prison library, or removed from it, for whatever reason, lies with the Prison Governor.
That this House notes with deep concern the proposal by Fife Council and Fife Cultural Trust to close 16 public libraries in Fife; further notes that the threatened closures have come about as a result of funding cuts approved by Fife Council in February 2013; notes that the cuts were approved despite advice from senior officers of the council that they were likely to lead to the closure of facilities; deplores the action of Fife Council in withholding this advice from the people of Fife when the budget cuts were the subject of public consultation; notes that Fife Council only published the advice when they were forced to under Freedom of Information legislation; recalls that the then Leader of the Council, Councillor Alex Rawley, claimed in February 2013 to have been given assurances that the cuts would not lead to facilities having to close; calls on Fife Council to set the record straight on this matter; and further calls on Fife Council and Fife Cultural Trust to engage in open and meaningful public consultation about the value of the public library service and the damage likely to be done to communities if these services are withdrawn.
That this House notes with deep concern the proposal by Fife Council and Fife Cultural Trust to close 16 public libraries in Fife; further notes that the threatened closures have come about as a result of funding cuts approved by Fife Council in February 2013; notes that the cuts were...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions access to the prison library in accordance with PSI 45/2011 has been restricted due to lack of staff available to escort prisoners (1) in total, and (2) for each prison in England and Wales, in each of the last three years.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions access to the prison library in accordance with PSI 45/2011 has been restricted due to lack of staff available to escort prisoners (1) in total, and (2) for each prison in England and Wales, in each of the last three years.
Prison libraries play a positive role in supporting rehabilitation and resettlement through offering a range of resources and activities, including literacy and reader development work. However, information about the average number and length of visits to prison libraries, and the extent to which prisoners had access to the library, is not held centrally and would need to be collated through enquiries at every prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prisoners were able, and were not able, in accordance with PSI 45/2011, for the mandatory 30 minutes every two weeks in each month since that regulation came into force, to access the library in each prison establishment in England and Wales.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many prisoners were able, and were not able, in accordance with PSI 45/2011, for the mandatory 30 minutes every two weeks in each month since that regulation came into force, to access the library in each prison establishment in England and Wales.
Prison libraries play a positive role in supporting rehabilitation and resettlement through offering a range of resources and activities, including literacy and reader development work. However, information about the average number and length of visits to prison libraries, and the extent to which prisoners had access to the library, is not held centrally and would need to be collated through enquiries at every prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is (1) the average number of visits, and (2) the average length of visits, by prisoners to libraries, in each prison establishment in England and wales, in each month of the last three years.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is (1) the average number of visits, and (2) the average length of visits, by prisoners to libraries, in each prison establishment in England and wales, in each month of the last three years.
Prison libraries play a positive role in supporting rehabilitation and resettlement through offering a range of resources and activities, including literacy and reader development work. However, information about the average number and length of visits to prison libraries, and the extent to which prisoners had access to the library, is not held centrally and would need to be collated through enquiries at every prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what budget has been allocated for the provision of libraries in prisons in England and Wales as (1) a total, and (2) a proportion of the overall prison service budget, in each of the last three years.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what budget has been allocated for the provision of libraries in prisons in England and Wales as (1) a total, and (2) a proportion of the overall prison service budget, in each of the last three years.
The Prison Service has always recognised the importance of reading and literature in the rehabilitative process, and the positive effects these have on prisoners. Every prison has a library, which is available to all prisoners to ensure they have access to books and other material for education and training purposes.
The table below shows the total allocated budget for prison library services for financial years 2011-12 to 2013-14 and the proportion in percentage terms of the direct expenditure on public sector prisons for the same periods.
| Allocated budget for library services | Percentage of Direct prison expenditure |
| £m | % |
2013-14 | 7.994 | 0.48% |
2012-13 | 8.209 | 0.46% |
2011-12 | 7.992 | 0.43% |
Notes: 1. The figures show the amount allocated by NOMS to prison establishments for library services. The amount spent by the prisons may have been slightly different. 2. For most private sector prisons the library budget figures are not included as the allocation is subsumed within the main contract. For this reason public sector prisons’ direct expenditure (as provided in the annual prison costs’ publication) has been used as the comparator.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new titles have been purchased by libraries in each prison establishment in England and Wales in each of the past three years.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many new titles have been purchased by libraries in each prison establishment in England and Wales in each of the past three years.
Prison libraries play a positive role in supporting rehabilitation and resettlement through offering a range of resources and activities, including literacy and reader development work. However, information about the number of different titles stocked, and new titles purchased, by prison libraries is not held centrally and would need to be collated through enquiries at every prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many different titles have been stocked by libraries in each of the prison establishments in England and Wales over the past three years.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many different titles have been stocked by libraries in each of the prison establishments in England and Wales over the past three years.
Prison libraries play a positive role in supporting rehabilitation and resettlement through offering a range of resources and activities, including literacy and reader development work. However, information about the number of different titles stocked, and new titles purchased, by prison libraries is not held centrally and would need to be collated through enquiries at every prison. This would incur disproportionate cost.
I was obviously premature in my last answer, Mr Speaker.
I have a lot of sympathy with that recommendation. Putting museum and archive content online and making it easily accessible to both teachers for their lesson plans and students for their learning is an important issue. I will have a number of meetings in the coming weeks to discuss some ideas about it.
I was obviously premature in my last answer, Mr Speaker.
I have a lot of sympathy with that recommendation. Putting museum and archive content online and making it easily accessible to both teachers for their lesson plans and students for their learning is an important issue. I will have a number of meetings in the coming weeks to discuss some ideas about it.
Earlier, the Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy dodged his way around the figures that I cited from the Warwick report about the drastic decline in children’s experience and learning in creative subjects. Perhaps he will respond more positively to another of its recommendations, which is that every publicly funded organisation that deals with cataloguing and archives on the net should be encouraged to use the same mechanisms for the cataloguing of GLAM—galleries, libraries, museums and archives—so that the archives can be more easily accessed and searched by everyone.
Earlier, the Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy dodged his way around the figures that I cited from the Warwick report about the drastic decline in children’s experience and learning in creative subjects. Perhaps he will respond more positively to another of its recommendations, which is that every publicly funded organisation that deals with cataloguing and archives on the net should be encouraged to use the same mechanisms for the cataloguing of GLAM—galleries, libraries, museums and archives—so that the archives can be more easily accessed and searched by everyone.
Earlier, the Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy dodged his way around the figures that I cited from the Warwick report about the drastic decline in children’s experience and learning in creative subjects. Perhaps he will respond more positively to another of its recommendations, which is that every publicly funded organisation that deals with cataloguing and archives on the net should be encouraged to use the same mechanisms for the cataloguing of GLAM—galleries, libraries, museums and archives—so that the archives can be more easily accessed and searched by everyone.
I was obviously premature in my last answer, Mr Speaker.
I have a lot of sympathy with that recommendation. Putting museum and archive content online and making it easily accessible to both teachers for their lesson plans and students for their learning is an important issue. I will have a number of meetings in the coming weeks to discuss some ideas about it.
My Lords, the Advisory Council on Libraries—or the ACL, as it was known—was established by Section 2 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964. The 1964 Act set out that it was the duty of the council,
“to advise the Secretary of State upon such matters connected with the provision...
My Lords, the Advisory Council on Libraries—or the ACL, as it was known—was established by Section 2 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964. The 1964 Act set out that it was the duty of the council,
“to advise the Secretary of State upon such matters connected with the provision...
My Lords, I apologise to the Committee and to my noble friend for missing her opening remarks. No doubt the library advisory council has served its time and should be wound up, as my noble friend indicated. However, does she consider that an outside process for both advice and monitoring...
My Lords, I apologise to the Committee and to my noble friend for missing her opening remarks. No doubt the library advisory council has served its time and should be wound up, as my noble friend indicated. However, does she consider that an outside process for both advice and monitoring...
I well understand how the library service came to be abolished. It was part of the massacre of the quangos that arose from government policy and, clearly, the time for change was ripe. The library service throughout the country is living through an ongoing crisis. At a time when there...
I well understand how the library service came to be abolished. It was part of the massacre of the quangos that arose from government policy and, clearly, the time for change was ripe. The library service throughout the country is living through an ongoing crisis. At a time when there...
My Lords, I echo my noble friend’s remarks about the current crisis libraries are facing. They are not a luxury but a practical tool and provide vital public space for individuals and families across the country. They are a resource for parents and young children, schoolchildren who do not have...
My Lords, I echo my noble friend’s remarks about the current crisis libraries are facing. They are not a luxury but a practical tool and provide vital public space for individuals and families across the country. They are a resource for parents and young children, schoolchildren who do not have...