Libraries Unlimited contract

Can you provide me with the following information please?

1) Value of the contract to run Devon County Council’s libraries awarded to Libraries Unlimited for each of the five years of the contract awarded.

Please see the table below:

2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20* 2020/21
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Core contract 5,890 5,833 5,845 5,990 TBC**

*This figure is subject to change after ICT platform implementation

** This information is not yet held by Devon County Council and will be confirmed in the budgets in the next financial year

2) Any in-year reductions in budget as a result of negotiations with Libraries Unlimited over the course of the contact thus far.

Please see the table below:

2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Core contract -458 -450 0 -100 TBC**

** This information is not yet held by Devon County Council and will be confirmed in the budgets in the next financial year

3) Any ring-fenced funding within the budget for items such as new books?

There are no ring fences funds within the core contract sum but there is an additional sum for the supply of resources including books, which is confirmed in the table below:

2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21
£’000 £’000 £’000 £’000 £’000
Resource fun 400 460 560 560 TBC*8

** This information is not yet held by Devon County Council and will be confirmed in the budgets in the next financial year

4) Any contractual requirements to ensure money from DCC is used solely for the delivery of library services within the Devon County Council area and not used to help services within the Torbay Council area?

The contract states that the contract is only for the services which relate specifically to the Devon County Council library service only.