Departmental Internet Gregory Barker To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what guidance his Department provides to its employees on involvement in online social media in an official capacity. Joan Ruddock The Department for Energy and Climate Change provides the following guidance to its employees based on Cabinet Office guidelines. The guidance is available to all staff on the Department's intranet. “The Civil Service Code still applies when communicating online, whether through a blog, a discussion forum, leaving comments on videos or photos, or using social media channels such as Twitter. If your contribution is based on knowledge you have because you work at DECC, carefully consider whether you would be compromised if your posting was picked up by a journalist. The main principles are: Be credible: Be accurate, fair, thorough and transparent. Be consistent: Encourage constructive criticism and deliberation. Be cordial, honest and professional at all times. Be responsive: When you gain insight, share it where appropriate. Be integrated: Wherever possible, align online participation with other offline communications. Be a civil servant: Remember that you are an ambassador for your organisation. Wherever possible, disclose your position as a representative of your department or agency. You should: Disclose your position as a representative of your department or agency unless there are exceptional circumstances, such as a potential threat to personal security. Never give out personal details like home address and phone numbers. Always remember that participation online results in your comments being permanently available and open to being republished in other media. Stay within the legal framework and be aware that libel, defamation, copyright and data protection laws apply. This means that you should not disclose information, make commitments or engage in activities on behalf of Government unless you are authorised to do so. This authority may already be delegated or may be explicitly granted depending on your organisation. Also be aware that this may attract media interest in you as an individual, so proceed with care whether you are participating in an official or a personal capacity. If you have any doubts, take advice from your line manager.” Grant Shapps To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2010, Official Report, columns 1045-8W, on departmental internet, how many (a) unique visitors and (b) page impressions were received by each website listed in (i) each of the last three years and (ii) 2009-10 to date. Joan Ruddock [holding answer 19 January 2010]: The unique visitors and page impressions for the last three years and 2009-10 to date are provided in the following table where the data is available. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Website |2006-07 |2007-08 |2008-09 |2009-101 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |www.decc.gov.uk | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unique visits |— |— |37,230 |423,803 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |— |— |286,629 |3,123,031| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |http://actonco2.direct.gov.uk/actonco2/home.html | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unique visits |— |— |588,806 |772,923 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |— |— |2,165,618|2,721,070| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |https://www.energynpsconsultation.decc.gov.uk/ | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unique visits |— |— |— |30,126 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |— |— |— |149,424 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |www.sedbuk.com (on a calendar year basis) | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unique visits |158,054 |196,833 |218,115 |235,678 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |1,826,183|2,562,988|2,775,346|3,098225 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |www.Hfccat-demo.org | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unique visits |54,372 |64,572 |91,601 |64,778 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |10,928 |18,340 |22,466 |18,874 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |www.corwm.org.uk | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unique visits |— |— |9,003 |7,820 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |— |— |44,908 |30,738 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |www.og.decc.gov.uk | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unique visits |— |— |— |71,500 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |— |— |— |235,700 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/EIP/pages/help.htm | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unique visits |— |— |— |2,020 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |— |— |— |4,010 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |www.ensg.gov.uk | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |— |— |83,648 |97,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |www.planningrenewables.org.uk | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unique visits |— |— |14,413 |7,609 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |— |— |93,926 |41,521 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |www.renewables-advisory-board.org.uk | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |— |74,027 |39,1689 |322216 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |www.ukrenewables.com | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unique visits (note 2008-09 figures available date from 8 February 2009 to 31 March 2009) |— |— |2110 |9076 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions (note 2008-09 figures available date from 8 February 2009 to 31 March 2009)|— |— |8089 |39,852 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |www.decc.gov.uk/offsetting | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unique visits |— |— |1,626 |6,713 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |— |— |19,306 |67,114 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |www.actoncopenhagen.gov.uk | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Unique visits |— |— |— |185,020 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Page impressions |— |— |— |884,505 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 To date. | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------