FOI Request - Library Staff and Opening Hours

Request 101003176132

1. Please provide the number of full time equivalent staff employed by your local authority for each of the financial years set out below. Please provide the number of FTE qualified librarians in the first box, and the total number of staff working in libraries in your local authority in the second box for 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23.

2. Please provide the total amount of funding allocated to library services for each of the financial years set out in the box below
2016/17      2017/18      2018/19      2019/20      2020/21      2021/22

3. Have the total number of library opening hours in your public authority decreased from 2020/21 to 2022/23?
yes/no

3a If the total number of opening hours have decreased, please specify by how many hours for each of the financial years set out below

Total number of hours open in 2020/21; 2021/22; 2022/23

4. Please provide the total number of library buildings which have been permanently shut down in each of the financial years set out below.
2016/17      2017/18      2018/19      2019/20      2020/21      2021/22      2022/23

Response 02-12-2022

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