HC Deb 04 July 1988 vol 136 c455W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Minister for the Arts what have been the total development costs to date of the polymer book preservation programme; and what it the remit of this development.

Mr. Luce

Grants to external contractors for the graft co-polymerisation paper strengthening programme have totalled £290,000. The remit for this development was to satisfy the special conservation needs of the British Library which cannot be met by the use of processes available elsewhere.