To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many designs for its (a) internal website and (b) intranet his Department and its predecessor have commissioned since 2005; and what the cost was of each such design; (321997)

The Department’s main website homepage

www.dcsf.gov.uk

and standard web page template have undergone four redesigns since 2005, as a result of changes to the Department’s name and brand. The dates and costs of the redesigns, excluding VAT, are outlined in the following table.

The cost of the September 2008 redesign was met from internal resource. The Department’s intranet has had one redesign since 2005, and the total cost was £116,525.