Written question asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 8 January 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 January 2002. It was answered by Kim Howells (Labour) on Wednesday, 16 January 2002 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Dept for Culture Media and Sport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason funding for the ENSEMBLE retrospective conversion bid has been made dependent on the development of the BiP web interface.

Answer: Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for what reason funding for the ENSEMBLE retrospective conversion bid has been made dependent on the development of the BiP web interface. [26576] Dr. Howells: The ENSEMBLE bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a programme of retrospective conversion of holdings of printed music to electronic format has been withdrawn on advice from HLF. HLF has decided to put off further decisions on bids from the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL), of which ENSEMBLE is a sub-set, until the educational objectives for the website have been achieved through the Britain in Print project. The proposed website will be the foundation for delivering future CURL projects to the public. The decision rests with the Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, which administers the HLF, as Ministers do not intervene in Lottery applications.

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