§ Mr. Robert McCartneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will set out the costs to date of the Ulster dialect dictionary project at the Ulster folk and transport museum in terms of(a) staff and (b) computer systems; if he will make a statement on the future of this project; and what plans he has for the future of the equipment and the archives in the event of discontinuance. [16747]
§ Mr. AncramThe costs to date of staff have been £171,712, whilst the computer system has cost £37,745.
It is planned that the dictionary will be available to all schools for the 1996–97 school year. The database and equipment will be retained by the Ulster folk and transport museum. Future development will be a matter in the first instance for the museum.