Written question asked by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 November 2009. It was answered by Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour) on Monday, 9 November 2009 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

RMS Titanic

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will bring forward proposals to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

Answer: [holding answer 3 November 2009]: The Department is aware of the public interest in the 2012 centenary of the sinking of RMS Titanic. Some national and regional museums and heritage centres have plans to mark the centenary, including the National Maritime Museum. Southampton, where RMS Titanic embarked, and Belfast, where she was built, also plan to mark the centenary. In 2008 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded a grant of £50,000 to Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) for a project based at the Titanic's Dock and Pump-House in Belfast and also awarded a grant of £174,500 to National Museums Northern Ireland (Ulster Folk and Transport Museum)—towards the development of' its collection "Titanic: Built in Belfast".

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