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PLR was established by the Public Lending Right Act 1979 which gave British authors a legal right to receive payment for the free lending of their books by public libraries. The PLR office is now a part of the British Library
This document contains the following information: Public Lending Right annual report and account 2005 to 2006.
First published during the 2005 to 2010 Labour government
This document contains the following information: Public Lending Right accounts 1993-94.
First published during the 1992 to 1997 Conservative government
This document contains the following information: Public Lending Right Scheme and Central Fund Account annual report 2011 to 2012.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This document contains the following information: Report on the Public Lending Right Scheme and Central Fund Account 2010 to 2011.
This document contains the following information: Public Lending Right annual report and account 2009 to 2010.
This document contains the following information: Public Lending Right annual report and account 2008 to 2009.
This document contains the following information: Public Lending Right annual report and account 2007 to 2008.
This document contains the following information: Public Lending Right annual report and account 2006 to 2007.
This document contains the following information: Report on the Public Lending Right Scheme and Central Fund Account 2012 to 2013.
Consultation letter proposing Public Lending Right rate per loan for 2015.
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