To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with Kent county council on redundancies in its library service. (134468)

[holding answer 27 April 2007]: None. Staffing of libraries and library authorities is a matter for local authorities to decide, after considering available resources and local priorities, providing it does not affect the authority’s ability to deliver a “comprehensive and efficient” library service to the public as required under the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964.