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Written question asked by Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 October 2005. It was answered by David Lammy (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 October 2005 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Culture Online

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent on Culture Online in each year since its creation.
Answer

The following table shows annual departmental expenditure on Culture Online.

£
Financial year Amount
2000–01 640,382.21
2001–02 1,019,236.22
2002–03 265,379.95
2003–04 1,439,034.38
2004–05 3,900,152.73
2005–06 spend to date 1,876,137.29

Culture Online (COL) is an innovative initiative to increase access to, and participation in, arts and culture. It brings together cultural organisations with cutting-edge technical providers to create projects that delight adults and children of all ages and backgrounds. Eighteen projects have been commissioned so far. As the programme has developed, COL has attracted an increasing amount of public recognition, awards and nominations. The projects have won three BAFTA Interactives, one Webby, three Newspaper Society awards and an Association of Online Publishers award; two projects have been nominated for British Interactive Media Association awards. COL was also cited as a best practice case study in the NAO's ““Managing Risks to Improve Public Services”” report, published last year.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
15976; 437 c826-7W;437 (not in Bound volume)
Session
2005-06
Related items
Culture Online
Monday, 10 October 2005
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Expenditure Culture Online
Contains statistics
Yes