asked Her Majesty's Government:
What percentage of applications to the Heritage Lottery Fund to fund the purchase of archive collections were successful in each of the financial years 1994–95 to 2006–07. [HL3582]
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has provided the following information about the percentage of applications to fund the purchase of archive collections which were successful in the financial years from 1994-95 to 2006-07:
Financial year Number of HLF awards for archive acquisitions Rejected HLF applications for archive acquisitions Total HLF applications for archive acquisitions % success rate 1994-95 total 1 1 100% 1995-96 total 1 1 100% 1996-97 total 9 9 100% 1997-98 total 8 1 9 89% 1998-99 total 7 7 100% 1999-00 total 7 1 8 88% 2000-01 total 12 12 100% 2001-02 total 14 14 100% 2002-03 total 19 19 100% 2003-04 total 13 13 100% 2004-05 total 10 10 100% 2005-06 total 2 2 100% 2006-07 total 9 N/A N/A N/A