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Departments: Internet

Volume 461: debated on Monday 11 June 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. (135740)

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.