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Environment Agency

Volume 454: debated on Wednesday 6 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many businesses have registered for the Environment Agency’s NetRegs email alert service; and if he will make a statement. (107427)

The NetRegs website (www.netregs.gov.uk) provides environmental guidance for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) throughout the UK. The NetRegs e-alerts service informs registered users of the latest important updates to the NetRegs website. The service was launched in February 2006 and, to date, 4,334 users have registered. Five bi-monthly e-alerts have been produced so far.

The NetRegs website itself attracts over 30,000 different users every month. It provides guidance for 105 different business sectors and has received excellent feedback from businesses, trade associations and business support organisations.

NetRegs has conducted extensive user research and website testing. This is enabling improvements that will strengthen the website’s usefulness for SMEs.