Departmental Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much has been spent on (a) strategy and planning, (b) design and build, (c) hosting and infrastructure, (d) content provision and (e) testing and evaluation for his Department's websites in each of the last three years; and what budget has been allocated for such activities in 2009-10. (309909)

The Department of Energy and Climate Change was created on 3 October 2008, and its official corporate website:

http://www.decc.gov.uk/

was launched on 23 February 2009. The Department's website did not exist in 2007-08.

The amount spent on the Department of Energy and Climate Change's website in the 2008-09 financial year was: £58,874.00. That figure breaks down as follows:

(a) Strategy and planning: external procurement and project management costs: £18,824

(b) Design and build: £30,403

(d) Content provision: Staff costs: £8747

(e) Testing and evaluation: £0

The amount spent so far in 2009-10 for the Department's website:

www.decc.gov.uk

is £140,740.00.

That figure breaks down as follows:

(a) Strategy and Planning: (external procurement and project management costs) £53542

(b) Design and build: £10457

(d) Content provision (including migration from www.berr.gov.uk and www.defra.gov.uk): £72170

(e) Testing and evaluation: £546 accessibility fixes

The budget for

www.decc.gov.uk

for such activities in 2009-10 is £340,637.

It has not been possible to breakdown costs for other websites run by the Department; in these instances total figures for each site are shown.

£
	Financial year	Budget
Website	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2009-10
http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/actonco2/home.html	0	126,800	100,500	185,000
https://www.energynpsconsultation.decc.gov.uk/	0	0	68,000	68,000
www.sedbuk.com	0	1,000	2,000	2,000
www.Hfccat-demo.org	0	1,000	2,000	2,000
http://chp.decc.gov.uk/cms/	0	26,000	7,500	7,500
http://www.Chpqa.com/	25,000	26,500	24,500	24,500
www.corwm.org.uk	26,000	34,000	4,590	30,000
www.rimnet.gov.uk	15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000
www.og.decc.gov.uk	12,500	12,500	8,300.00	8,300
https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/EIP/pages/help.htm	0	8,000	8,300.00	8,300
www.pilottaskforce.co.uk	12,500	12,500	8,300.00	8,300
www.ensg.gov.uk	936.00	9,040.00	6,078.00	6,078.00
www.planningrenewables.org.uk	22,105	66,212.75	7,500	7,500
www.renewables-advisory-board.org.uk	0	12,000	9,000	9,000
www.ukrenewables.com	0	3,000	3,000	3,000
www.avoid.uk.net	0	0	15,000	15,000
www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk/home	0	15,000	0	0
www.bigenergyshift.org.uk	0	0	61,000	61,000
www.decc.gov.uk/offsetting	18,000	10,000	6,000	6,000
www.actoncopenhagen.gov.uk	0	0	83,529	118,000

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 13 January 2010