Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of local newspapers which have closed down in each year since 2010.

However, as set out in the manifesto, the government is committed to ensuring there are sustainable business models for high quality news media, including at local and regional levels. The government has established the Cairncross Review to address this important issue and as part of its work, the review will draw on available data to examine the current state of the press market at local, regional and national levels.