Libraries: Lincolnshire
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries have (1) closed and (2) opened in Lincolnshire in each of the last ten years.
Answered by Ian Murray
As the libraries development agency for England, Arts Council England collects and publishes data on library closures and openings in its annual English Public Libraries Location Dataset. The dataset can be found at the following link: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/supporting-arts-museums-and-libraries/supporting-libraries and will be updated in April 2026 with figures for 2025.
The English Public Libraries Location Dataset 2024 shows the following for Lincolnshire:
Calendar Year | Static Library Closures | Static Library Openings |
2016 | 0 | 13 |
2017 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 3 | 2 |
2019 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | Data not yet available | Data not yet available |
2026 | Data not yet available | Data not yet available |
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