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Heritage Lottery Fund: Archive Collections

Volume 702: debated on Wednesday 4 June 2008

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:

Success rate for HLF applications for archive acquisitions 1994 to 2007

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