Departmental Internet

Mr. Watson
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when his Department plans to update its web browsers from Internet Explorer 6.

Mr. Malik
CLG currently has no plans to upgrade from Internet Explorer 6. CLG will consider upgrading when the benefits for doing so outweigh any disbenefit or cost. Reasons for upgrading might include withdrawal of support by Microsoft, or significant dependencies on other versions of internet explorer by other key CLG systems.