Consultation outcome

Public Lending Right: Rate Per Loan 2016 to 2017 consultation

• From: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and The Rt Hon John Glen MP
• Published: 27 October 2017
• Last updated: 6 March 2018 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

Statutory Instruments (No. 17) The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2018 came into force on 12 February 2018. This changed the rate per loan to 8.20 pence.

Feedback received

Government response to a consultation on the Public Lending Right rate per loan 2018

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Detail of feedback received

DCMS ran a 4 week public consultation on the British Library Board’s recommendation to increase the rate per loan from 7.82 pence to 8.20 pence for the 2016 to 2017 scheme year. The consultation ran from 26 October to 24 November 2017. A consultation letter was sent to major groups representing the interests of authors, library authorities and other stakeholders in the public library sector in the UK, and to the devolved administrations.

We received 14 responses, and 12 that expressed a view were supportive of the proposal to increase the PLR rate per loan to 8.20 pence. Two did not express a view on the increase. The government therefore concluded that stakeholders welcomed the proposed increase to the rate per loan and proceeded with this increase.

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Original consultation

Summary

Consultation on the proposed rate per loan for the 2016 to 2017 scheme year

This consultation ran from
26 October 2017 to 11:45pm on 24 November 2017

Consultation description

This consultation is on the proposed rate per loan for 2018, inviting views. Each year the rate per loan is recommended to the Secretary of State by the British Library Board, who are responsible for administering the scheme.

Documents

Public Lending Rate (PLR) rate per loan consultation letter 2018

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Published 27 October 2017
Last updated 6 March 2018 + show all updates

1. 6 March 2018

   Consultation response

2. 27 October 2017

   First published.