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Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 6 March 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 March 2008. It was answered by Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour) on Thursday, 13 March 2008 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 funding was set aside for Culture Online; and how much was spent in each year since 2002.
Answer

Funding of £10 million was allocated to Culture Online in 2002 mainly from the Capital Modernisation Fund. In 2005, an additional £3 million was allocated. Expenditure on Culture Online in each year since it was established is set out in the table. Culture Online closed at the end of March 2007.

Financial year £
2002-03 265,379
2003-04 1,439,034
2004-05 3,893,000
2005-06 2,657,000
2006-07 4,205,000
2007-08 spend to date 72,312

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
193373; 473 c545W;473 c542W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Finance Culture Online
Link
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