To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what his Department's policy is in respect of the computer file formats used for the (a) distribution and (b) archiving of publicly available documents. [173356]

The Department's documents that are generally available to the public electronically are provided through the Department's website (www.dca.gov.uk/publications.htm) These are usually available in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Portable Document format (PDF) formats. Previously published documents are archived in the same formats at: www.dca.gov.uk/pubs/archive.htm