Disclosure Log

Requests to withdraw LGBT+ Literature from Nottinghamshire Libraries. (FOI/5719)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 22 April 2025


Dear ***** *****                                                                     

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00005719

Thank you for your email of 16th April 2025 where you requested information about Requests to withdraw LGBT+ Literature from Nottinghamshire Libraries. The response to your request is provided below.

In your request you asked:

I would like to know if the Authority has tracked any requests to remove any LGBT+ literature, either from school public libraries and if so, how many request have been received in the last 12 months.

1 request received.

Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf


If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review.  Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or foi@*****.

Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications. 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.

Yours sincerely

The Complaints and Information Team
Nottinghamshire County Council