Since 2005 the Department of Culture, Media and Sport has recorded public library usage. It recently reported that between 2005 and now public library usage fell by 30%. In 2005/6, the first year records were kept, 48.2% of the adult population used a public library at least once. In the period April 2015 -March 2016, the figure was just 33.4%. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the biggest falls were among those who could most afford to buy books, with the decline in the demographic described as ‘urban prosperity’ by from 57% to 37%. Showing that the poorest value libraries the most, the decline of library use among those described as ‘hard pressed’ fell just 7%, to 33.5%. Currently 72 public libraries, as well as five mobile libraries, are facing closure.