Written question asked by David Lidington (Conservative) on Monday, 15 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 July 2002. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Monday, 22 July 2002 on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department.

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Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the nature and status of the Public Record Office projects which were to have been funded by revenue from the 1901 census on-line.

Answer: Mr. Lidington: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the nature and status of the Public Record Office projects which were to have been funded by revenue from the 1901 census on-line. [70852] Ms Rosie Winterton: The PRO did not take account of net income from the 1901 Census online service when assessing funding requirements for its other online projects. However, if there were to be any net income from the service, this would be used to fund the future digitisation of earlier census records.

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