Book challenges
Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council,
As a freedom of information request, please provide data regarding the number of challenges to books received by your library/libraries for each calendar between 2018 and 2022, plus so far in 2023. For this request, a book challenge is defined as a formal complaint requesting that materials be removed from a library because of content or inappropriateness. Specifically, please provide each of the following for each year if available:
• The number of challenges received
• The title and author of the books challenged
• The reason (if any) provided for the challenge
• The action taken in response to the challenge
Yours faithfully,
Jonathan Fagg
Dear Mr Fagg
Wirral Council can confirm there has been no formal "book challenges" to
any items in stock of Wirral libraries between 2018 and 2022.
Yours sincerely
Lynette Paterson
Principal Information Management Officer
Resources – Digital and Improvement
Wirral Council
PO Box 290
Brighton Street
Wallasey
CH27 9FQ
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