Policy papers and consultations

An independent review of English public libraries presented to government by Baroness Sanderson.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Updated: 18 January 2024

• An independent review of English public libraries

  Foreword Our public libraries sit unassumingly at the heart of our…

• An independent review of English public libraries - Lord Parkinson's response

  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

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Updated: 12 January 2024

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…

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Updated: 6 October 2023

• Consultation on technical amendments to the Public Lending Right Scheme: 2023

  1. Summary The Public Lending Right (PLR) is the right for eligible…

Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2021 to 2022 Public Lending Right scheme year

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 21 October 2022

Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2020 to 2021 Public Lending Right scheme year

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 6 January 2022

Consultation on a proposal to extend remote e-lending from public libraries to Northern Ireland.

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 10 June 2021

Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2019 to 2020 Public Lending Right scheme year

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 1 December 2020

Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2018 to 2019 Public Lending Right scheme year

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 3 March 2020

A report presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 17 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 9 October 2018

Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2017 to 2018 Public Lending Right scheme year

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 1 October 2018

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.

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 7 June 2018

Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2016 to 2017 scheme year

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 6 March 2018

Terms of reference for the communications sub-group of the Libraries Taskforce

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 13 June 2017

Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2015 to 2016 Public Lending Right scheme year

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 10 February 2017

$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

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 1 December 2016

Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2014 to 2015 Public Lending Right scheme year

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 12 January 2016

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.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 8 May 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Independent Panel calls for evidence to inform report on public libraries.

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 8 February 2014

We want your views on our proposals to abolish the Registrar of Public Lending Right and to transfer to another body the statutory function of distributing the Public Lending Right fund to authors.

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 4 March 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The government has published its response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee’s report into library closures.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 28 January 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government