AQW 2388/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 19/02/2020
Answered On Date: 16/03/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities whether she will explore the possibility of increasing the availability of the Lost Lives book in local libraries.

Answer:

My Department has allocated Libraries NI additional in year funding of £3.472m to buy additional book stock. This brings Libraries NI’s total spend on book stock in 2019/20 to £4.372m.

Libraries NI has informed me that it has 21 copies of the Lost Lives book in stock and is keen to purchase additional copies as the book is in high demand. However, the book is currently out of print so this has not been possible. Libraries NI checks this regularly with its suppliers and will continue to do so.