To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the cost was of maintaining his Department’s website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining websites within his responsibility in the 2009-10 financial year. (302423)

Tables have been placed in the Libraries of the House showing operating/maintenance costs for 2008-09 and forecast operating/maintenance costs for the Department for Transport websites for 2009-10.

Where annual operating/maintenance costs are not available this is due to a number of reasons; either the costs are part of a much larger contract and cannot be itemised; or the costs cannot be calculated without incurring disproportionate costs. Costs provided do not include staff costs.