Written question asked by David Lidington (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 February 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 March 2002. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Wednesday, 13 March 2002 on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department.

Lord Chancellors Dept

Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what was the budget allocated to cover the costs of checking the transcriptions onto computer of the 1901 Census returns. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. Lidington: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what was the budget allocated to cover the costs of checking the transcriptions onto computer of the 1901 Census returns. [38545] Ms Rosie Winterton: The major proportion of the work of checking the transcriptions of the 1901 census returns was undertaken by the PRO. £350,000 was allocated by the PRO to quality assure the transcription process, with the remaining quality assurance costs being met by QinetiQ Ltd.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 38545; 381 c1174W;381 c1176W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Databases Census Data processing Finance ICT Internet Public records Standards Public Record Office
Contains statistics: Yes
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