Departments: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for which Government websites he is responsible; how many visitors each received in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the cost (a) was of establishing and (b) has been of maintaining each site. (135733)

The costs for maintaining DEFRA’s website (www.defra.gov.uk) are estimated to be £243,561 for this financial year.

Available data on the visitors to websites which are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, are set out in the following table. Costs for establishing and maintaining these sites are not available without incurring disproportionate cost.

As part of the Transformational Government web rationalisation process, DEFRA is currently reviewing all its websites. Over time, content will be rationalised and where appropriate moved to Directgov and Business Link. A number of the current websites will close.

URL	Number of unique visitors per month (collated July 2006)
www.defra.gov.uk	379,000

Domains operated by core DEFRA
www.airquality.co.uk	20,000
www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/	No data
www.climatechallenge.gov.uk	No data
www.dwi.gov.uk/	23,000
www.eca-water.gov.uk	3,350
www.forwardfarming.org.uk	No data
www.gmsciencedebate.org.uk	3,000
www.GVS.gov.uk	1,358
www.lagmsupport.org.uk	No data
www.mceu.gov.uk	3,000
www.naei.co.uk	No data
www.nationalfallenstock.co.uk	No data
www.noisemapping.org	No data
www.partnersforwater.org	No data
www.pece.co.uk	606
www.sustainable-development.gov.uk	23,000
www.ukmab.org.uk	No data
www.uksocialdeprivation.aeat.com	No data
www.smokecontrolareas.co.uk	No data
www.ukswedensustainability.org	No data

DEFRA’s Executive agencies
www.bcms.gov.uk	¹53,000
www.cefas.co.uk	No data
www.csi.gov.uk	No data
www.efishbusiness.co.uk	No data
www.gds.gov.uk	No data
www.mfa.gov.uk	No data
www.pesticides.gov.uk	11,792
www.rpa.gov.uk	17,646
www.svs.gov.uk/	No data
www.vla.gov.uk	12,000
www.vmd.gov.uk	5,000
DEFRA’s advisory NDPBs
www.fawc.org.uk	8,647
www.nbu.ac.uk/negtap/	No data
www.rcep.org.uk	No data
www.sd-commission.org.uk	10,000
www.seac.gov.uk	1,291
www.vet-residues-committee.gov.uk	5,000
www.vpc.gov.uk	No data

DEFRA’s Executive NDPBs
www.ccwater.org.uk	No data
www.environment-aqency.gov.uk	351,796
www.foodfrombritain.com	¹1,064
www.gla.gov.uk	No data
www.kew.org	No data
www-plantcultures.org	No data
www.nationalforest.org	12,000
www.landshapes.org	12,000
www.seafish.org	32,976
www.jncc.gov.uk	44,000
www.natural-england.org	No data
www.countryside.gov.uk	145,000
www.english-nature.org	No data
www.ruralcommunities.gov.uk	5,000

DEFRA levy boards
www.potato.org.uk	No data
www.hgca.com	9,244
www.mdc.org.uk	90,000
www.mdcdatum.org.uk	10,000
www.mdcfmp.org.uk	8,971
www.schoolmilk.co.uk	1,000
www.mlc.org.uk	No data
www.beefyandlamby.co.uk	24,460
www.bmesonline.org.uk	No data
www.lookforthemark.co.uk	No data
www.bpex.org.uk	No data
www.eblex.org.uk	No data
www.meatandhealth.com	No data
www.meatmatters.com	21,000
www.porkforbutchers.co.uk	No data
www.stotfoldpigs.co.uk	No data

DEFRA public corporations
www.cgma.gov.uk	No data

Other DEFRA NDPBs
www.recyclenow.com	65,573

Other DEFRA sponsored bodies
www.wrap.org.uk	31,951
www.lake-district.gov.uk	50,000
www.northumberland-national-park.org.uk	13,000
www.peakdistrict.gov.uk	13,000
www.yorkshiredales.org.uk	13,330
www.nnfcc.co.uk	No data
www.nationalparks.gov.uk	11,000
¹ Unique visitors per week

Volume 461: debated on Wednesday 6 June 2007