For previous answers referring to website costs and visitors I refer the right hon. Member to the answers given on 25 July 2006, Official Report, column 1352W; 10 October 2005, Official Report, column 285W, 24 June 2004, Official Report, column 1470W, 14 April 2003, Official Report, column 548W, 22 October 2002, Official Report, column 219W.
The cost of establishing websites operated by the agencies and departments for which the Chancellor of the Exchequer is responsible, plus costs and traffic figures for each website during the 2006-07 financial year, are as follows:
Department/agency Website address Cost of establishing website (£) Maintenance costs 2006-07)(£) Unique visits in 2006-07 (unless otherwise indicated) HM Treasury www.hm-treasury.gov.uk 1— 130,781 2,460,197 HM Treasury specific sites thegfp.treasury.gov.uk Nil 7,993 68,050 www.isb.gov.uk 68,573 11,750 1— www.stakeholdersaving.gov.uk 83,145 1— 13,629 www.ges.gov.uk 1— 1— 212,331 www.redbox.gov.uk 107,391 1— 1— Sites hosted on shared server: 18,710.70 www.gsr.gov.uk 1— 221,846 16,582 www.policyhub.gov.uk 1— 225,487 350,932 www.euro.gov.uk 9,602 11,985 245,000 www.wga.gov.uk 500 2500 1— www.csren.gov.uk 1— 18,711 9,311 www.financialinclusion-taskforce.org.uk Nil n/a 3,399 www.financial-reporting.gov.uk Nil n/a 1— Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs www.hmrc.gov.uk 1— 1— 49,359,066 www.businesslink.gov.uk 1— 841,667 3825,424 Debt Management Office www.dmo.gov.uk 1— 292,000 449,645 OGC www.ogc.gov.uk 1— 250,000 1,163,088 OGC buying solutions www.ogcbuyingsolutions.gov.uk 1— 87,879.01 669,209 Government Actuaries Department www.gad.gov.uk 18,286 676 293,317 www.gadopss.gov.uk 20,680 14,616 1— Valuation Office Agency www.voa.gov.uk 1— 1— 817,847 www.mybusinessrates.gov.uk 70,983 22,585 112,573 National Savings and Investments www.nsandi.com 2,347,675 2247,125 14,960,510 Royal Mint www.royalmint.com 1— 1— 5,758,270 www.rovalmint.gov.uk www.royalmintwholesale.com Office for National Statistics www.statistics.gov.uk 1— 21,017,195 7,464,654 www.statistics.gov.uk/PBC www.statistics.gov.uk/about www.stats4schools.gov.uk 1— 22,250 67,524 www.gro.gov.uk, and 1— 277,305 4,002,440 www.gro.gov.uk/cip www.eustatistics.gov.uk 1— 214,250 91,317 www.ness.gov.uk 1— 2100,000 1,638,102 www.onsiobs.co.uk (new website) 19,550 Nil Nil 1 Unavailable 2 Staff costs are included 3 For April 2007 4 Since November 2006 5 To January 2007 6 Inclusive of hosting for all ONS sites except onsjobs) 7 Responsibility for th is website transferred to the ONS during 2006-07 Notes: 1. These figures include all direct costs, for example web hosting, software support, and infrastructure 2. Staff costs are included where available. Where staff costs can only be established at disproportionate cost they are not included.