Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with local authorities whose libraries were outsourced to Carillion plc on ensuring that they can continue to meet their statutory obligations.
Carillion Integrated Services Ltd is responsible for the management of library service provision for three local authorities in England - Croydon, Harrow and Ealing. Officials have contacted these local authorities and I understand each has activated plans to ensure that library services continue to operate as normal.