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Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2023 to 2024 Public Lending Right scheme year
Introduction and background The Public Lending Right (PLR) is a right for…
Research to understand barriers and factors that could support engagement in using public library services in England.
An independent review of English public libraries presented to government by Baroness Sanderson.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Foreword Our public libraries sit unassumingly at the heart of our…
Many thanks for sending me your independent report on public libraries –…
Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2022 to 2023 Public Lending Right scheme year
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is seeking views on changes that would help to improve the administration of the PLR Scheme, and intends to make some technical amendments to the Scheme’s provisions to implement t…
Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2021 to 2022 Public Lending Right scheme year
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2020 to 2021 Public Lending Right scheme year
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Consultation on a proposal to extend remote e-lending from public libraries to Northern Ireland.
Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2019 to 2020 Public Lending Right scheme year
Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2018 to 2019 Public Lending Right scheme year
A report presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 17 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2017 to 2018 Public Lending Right scheme year
This consultation relates to proposed technical amendments to relevant secondary legislation for the Public Lending Right (the PLR Scheme) so is aimed at authors and others with an interest in the PLR.
Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2016 to 2017 scheme year
Terms of reference for the communications sub-group of the Libraries Taskforce
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2015 to 2016 Public Lending Right scheme year
$CTA The Taskforce was active between 2015 to 2020 $CTA We are seeking views on Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-2021
Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2014 to 2015 Public Lending Right scheme year
Making sure that libraries can meet the needs of their local communities, and using the legal deposit system to preserve published information for future research.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Independent Panel calls for evidence to inform report on public libraries.
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