HC Deb 15 February 1999 vol 325 cc571-2W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will list the offences or acts of misconduct

Cabinet Office agencies, NDPBs and other associated web sites
Name Content of site Expenditure Initial and running costs Estimated expenditure over the next 3 years Hits per month (average)
10 Downing Street (www.no-10.gov.uk) The full range of the Government's activities, including current news, live broadcasts, discussion forums, and the history of No 10 and past Prime Ministers The cost to my Department of redesigning the 10 Downing Street web site was £27,048. The running costs for the site are met by the budget of the Prime Minister's Office and separate figures are not identifiable. Not separately identifiable. 900,000
Cabinet Office (www.cabinet-office.gov.uk) The site provides a wide range of information, for example, cabinet and its committees, ministerial responsibilities, pan Government programmes, guidance, codes and best practice Not separately identifiable. Expenditure is part of the wider Cabinet Office Communications and publications activities Not separately identifiable. 60,700
Direct Access Government (www.open.gov.uk/gdirect) This web site is a one-stop-shop providing access to the regulatory guidance and forms commonly required by businesses. Not separately identifiable. £70,000 to upgrade the web site—excludes running costs. 243,900

under which a civil servant in his Department could have his pension removed or reduced; and how often this has happened during the last five years. [70786]

Mr. Kilfoyle

The rules of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) provide that Civil Service pension benefits may be withheld in whole or in part if a serving or former civil servant is convicted ofone or more offences under the Official Secrets Act 1911 to 1989 for which the person concerned has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of at least 10 years or has been sentenced on the same occasion to two or more consecutive terms amounting in the aggregate to at least 10 years; or an offence in connection with any employment to which the PCSPS applies, being an offence which is certified by a Minister of the Crown either to have been gravely injurious to the State or to be liable to lead to serious loss of confidence in the public service.

In addition, forfeiture of pension benefits where a person is convicted of treason is provided for in the Forfeiture Act 1870.

In the last five years there has been one case of forfeiture of pension involving a serving or former civil servant.