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What plans they have to encourage the use of libraries by children.
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Baroness David (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
11 December 1997
Reference
584 C238-9
House
House of Lords
1st supplementary that standard criteria should be considered to ensure greater consistency of provision, particularly in secondary schools, covering such an amount spent, hours open and provision of qualified librarians.
Asked by
Baroness David (Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
11 December 1997
Reference
584 C238-9
House
House of Lords

Lords debate on unstarred question on whether HMGovt are satisfied with current levels of expenditure on books for schools, colleges, universities & libraries.

Lead member
Baroness David
Answering member
Viscount Astor
Department
Department for Education
Type
Questions for short debate
Date
16 November 1992
Reference
540 c497-524
House
House of Lords

What steps HMG will take to improve provision of books & journals in libraries of universities, in particular those of the new universities & if this issue will be considered by Library Review Committee recently established by Higher Education Funding Council which will investigate ability of libraries to cope with...

Asked by
Baroness David (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 November 1992
Reference
540 c23WA
House
House of Lords

Whether HMG will provide following figures for expenditure on books in colleges of further education in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales respectively, in 1989/90: total spending on all books, on library books & similarly per local authority; average spending per capita (full time equivalent student) on all books, on...

Asked by
Baroness David (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 July 1991
Reference
531 c84-5WA
House
House of Lords

In light of joint DOE & Science/University Grants Committee initiative in earmarking #3 million per annum in additional funding for university library acquisitions between 1987 & 1990, which appears to have arrested decline in university library book & journal expenditure, whether HMG will consider a similar initiative in near future...

Asked by
Baroness David (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 July 1991
Reference
531 c81-2WA
House
House of Lords
How Govt intend to maintain spending on acquisitions for university & polytechnic libraries when special allocation agreed between University Grants Committee, now Universities Funding Council & DES ends in July 1990
Asked by
Baroness David (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
16 January 1990
Reference
514 c518-20
House
House of Lords

What guidance will be given to schools under local financial management on the protection & improvement of book expenditure & what steps will be taken to ensure that the role of school library services is maintained.

Asked by
Baroness David (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 July 1989
Reference
509 c964-5
House
House of Lords
1st supplementary on decline in academic library spending & its effect on research & morale - includes figures.
Asked by
Baroness David (Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
19 June 1989
Reference
509 c3-5
House
House of Lords

What HMG intend to do about decline in spending by university & polytechnic libraries shown in figures recently published by Book Trust (University & Polytechnic Libraries-Book & Journal Spending: A Report).

Asked by
Baroness David (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 June 1989
Reference
509 c3-5
House
House of Lords

If Council of Europes European Prison Rules, published in 1987, have been provided in library of every prison dept establishment

Asked by
Baroness David (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 June 1988
Reference
498 c593
House
House of Lords