Libraries

Question written on 18/07/2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what is the planned annual budget of the Advisory Council for Libraries.

Answered by David Lammy

The Advisory Council on Libraries (ACL) is currently being re-constituted. When this process is complete there will be 12 members with an equal number of serving public librarians and non-librarians with knowledge or expertise relevant to the work of public libraries.

The ACL will not have an annual budget as its members will be unremunerated, receiving only reasonable travelling and subsistence expenses. These will be paid from DCMS running costs.

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