To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will introduce a search function on his Department's website. (211209)

DIUS is currently working with our supplier to implement a basic search facility on our existing corporate website. In addition to this, we are undergoing a project to completely redesign and upgrade the technology of our website, which is an interim solution launched following the creation of DIUS last year. We aim to launch our new site, including more advanced search functionality, in the autumn.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will publish his Department's statistical releases on its website. (211210)

In line with the new arrangements for the release of National Statistics following the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, all statistical first releases relating to National Statistics are released through the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) website

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/.

In addition, the Department's statistical releases are released on the joint Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) Research and Statistics Gateway website

http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/index.shtml.

The Department's main website

http://www.dius.gov.uk/

contains a link to the Research and Statistics Gateway website.