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Guidance and regulation

1. Libraries and makerspaces
   • Guidance
   • 4 October 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
2. Libraries as a statutory service
   • Guidance
   • 26 March 2020
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
3. Libraries shaping the future: good practice toolkit
   • Guidance
   • 28 March 2017
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
4. DCMS Business Plan 2012-2015
   • Guidance
   • 8 July 2011
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
5. Libraries: alternative delivery models toolkit
   • Guidance
   • 28 March 2017
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

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News and communications

4 June 2020 — Decision

Final decision letter on public library provision in Swindon

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

1. Final decision letter on public library provision in Lambeth
   • 4 June 2020
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Decision
2. 'Minded to' letter on public library provision in Lambeth
   • 5 March 2020
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Correspondence
3. 'Minded to' letter on public library provision in Swindon
   • 28 October 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Correspondence
4. New £250 million Culture Investment Fund launched
   • 11 October 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Arts Council England, Historic England, and National Lottery Heritage Fund
   • Press release

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Research and statistics

1. DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates 2018: Business Demographics
   • 29 May 2020
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • National statistics
2. Ad-hoc statistical analysis: 2020/21 Quarter 1
   • 21 May 2020
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Statistical data set
3. DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates 2019: Employment
   • 30 April 2020
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Office for National Statistics
   • National statistics
4. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport – Statistics at DCMS
   • 12 February 2020
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Statistics
5. Ad hoc statistical analysis: 2019/20 Quarter 4
   • 29 January 2020
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Public Lending Right: Rate Per Loan 2018 to 2019 consultation
   • 3 March 2020
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 29 November 2019
2. Public Lending Right: Rate Per Loan 2017 to 2018 consultation
   • 1 October 2018
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 29 October 2018
3. Consultation on technical amendments to the Public Lending Right Scheme
   • 7 June 2018
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 24 May 2018
4. Public Lending Right: Rate Per Loan 2016 to 2017 consultation
   • 6 March 2018
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 24 November 2017
5. Annual Report to Parliament on public libraries activities from January 2017 to March 2018
   • 9 October 2018
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Twenty-sixth meeting of the Libraries Taskforce
   • 4 March 2020
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Corporate report
2. Libraries Taskforce: six-monthly progress report (April to September 2019)
   • 5 November 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Arts Council England
   • Corporate report
3. Twenty-fifth meeting of the Libraries Taskforce
   • 11 October 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Corporate report
4. Twenty-fourth meeting of the Libraries Taskforce
   • 15 August 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
   • Corporate report
5. British Library Annual Report and Accounts 2018 to 2019
   • 18 July 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and British Library
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
3. Office for Civil Society