§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his answer of 1 November 2000,Official Report, column 476W, what estimates he has made of the cost to public funds of establishing the new service provisionally entitled Culture Online. [137221]
§ Mr. Chris SmithMy Department is in the process of commissioning a full economic appraisal of this proposal in order to establish the likely cost to public funds and the potential for income generation.