§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what web site his Department maintains on the Internet; what information is provided there; how often it is updated; what is the address; and if he or his Department answers questions and supplies additional information through the Internet. [7570]
§ Mr. HowardMy Department does not maintain its own World Wide Web site on the Internet, but uses(a) the electronic news distribution service of the Central Office of Information for the publication of press releases on the web, and (b) the web site known as the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency Government information service, maintained by CCTA—the Government centre for information systems—for other information. My Department does not yet have its wwn home page, but has four separate presences on the web as follows:
(a) Press release(address-http://www.coi.gov.uk/coi/depts/GHO/GHO.html)(b) Research & Statistics Department, for publication of statistics which are also published in conventional formaddress-http://www.open.gov.uk/home_off/rsdhome.htm)(c) United Kingdom Passport Agency, for general information about passports and passport offices(address-http://www.open.gov.uk/ukpass/ukpass.htm)(d) Immigration & Nationality Department, for general information about immigration and nationality(address-http://www.open.gov.uk/coi/ind.htm).Press releases and statistics are published as they are published on paper. Information from the United Kingdom Passport Agency and the immigration and nationality department is updated as necessary. Neither I nor my Department at present uses the Internet for answering questions or supplying additional information.