To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many websites his Department currently operates; how many it operated at 1 January 2005; and what the estimated annual cost has been of running his Department’s websites. (162285)

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills currently operates three websites,

www.dius.gov.uk.

www.foresight.gov.uk

and

www.bnsc.gov.uk

www.bnsc.gov.uk is operated on behalf of BNSC by Science and Technology Facilities Council, a delivery partner of BNSC.

Following the machinery of government changes the Department was created in June 2007 therefore DIUS did not operate a website in January 2005.

The estimated annual costs are