HC Deb 15 February 1999 vol 325 cc480-2W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will list the expenditure incurred by her Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies on(a) the setting up and (b) the operation of web sites, indicating the cases in which the expenditure has been above that budgeted; and if she will list for each web site (i) the topics covered, (ii) the current average number of hits per month and (iii) the estimated expenditure on each web site for each of the next three years. [70967]

Mr. Paul Murphy

The information is as follows.

(a) Expenditure incurred setting up the NICS Web Service. The initial set up costs for the current NICS Web Service amounted to £8,500 capital expenditure in 1997. Staff costs associated with the set up are not available.

(b) Expenditure incurred in the operation of the web site. The expenditure incurred in 1998–99 will be £226,700 broken down as follows:

  • Maintenance £7,300;
  • Connection to the Internet Service Provider (ISP) £26,900;
  • Ongoing development £137,500; and
  • Capital £55,000.

(i) The topics covered by the NICS Web service are as follows: Schedule of organisations/topics hosted by NICS Web Service

  • Agri-Food Development Service
  • The New Northern Ireland Assembly
  • Business Development Service (BDS)
  • Central Adjudication Services (CAS)
  • Child Support Agency (CSA)
  • Community Information Network Northern Ireland (CINNI)
  • Construction Service
  • Citizen's Charter for Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
  • Northern Ireland Economic Council
  • CREST
  • DANI—Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland
  • DED—Department of Economic Development
  • DENI—Department of Education for Northern Ireland
  • DFP—Department of Finance and Personnel
  • DHSS—Department of Health and Social Services
  • DOE—Department of the Environment
  • DOE—Central Statistics and Research Branch
  • Directory of Business Information for Northern Ireland
  • Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland (DVLNI)
  • Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency (DVTA)
  • Environment and Heritage Service
  • Economic Council, Northern Ireland
  • European Division—Department of Finance and Personnel
  • Economics Division—Department of Finance and Personnel
  • Fair Employment Commission for Northern Ireland
  • Forensic Science Unit of Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue
  • General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
  • quote>Glens of Antrim Rural Community Development Association
  • Government DIRECT—for business Northern Ireland
  • Government Purchasing Agency
  • Greenmount College of Agriculture and Horticulture
  • Health and Personal Social Services (HPSS)
  • Health and Safety Division
  • Housing Executive
  • Industrial Development Board for Northern Ireland (IDB)
  • Industrial and Research Technology Unit (IRTU)
  • Information Systems (IS) Services
  • Innovation Relay Centre for Northern Ireland
  • Land Registers of Northern Ireland
  • Local Enterprise Development Unit (LEDU)
  • Local Government Audit Office—Local Authority Performance Indicators
    • 482
  • Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland
  • (Northern Ireland) Millennium Company
  • North Antrim Community Network
  • Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA)
  • Northern Ireland Housing Executive
  • Northern Ireland Court Service
  • Northern Ireland Office (NIO)
  • Northern Ireland Railways (NIR)
  • NICVA—Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
  • NICO—N.I. Public Sector Enterprises
  • NIEC—Northern Ireland Economic Council
  • Office For The Regulation of Electricity and Gas (OFREG)
  • Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland
  • The Northern Ireland Ombudsman
  • Peatland Park, DOE Environment Service
  • Police Authority for Northern Ireland (PANI)
  • Police Insignia Collectors Association (PICA)
  • Planning Service
  • Probation Board for Northern Ireland
  • Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
  • Public Sector Enterprises (NICO)
  • Rate Collection Agency (RCA)
  • Regional Information Branch
  • Roads Service
  • Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
  • Social Security Agency (SSA)
  • Sports Council for Northern Ireland
  • Springvale Training
  • Statistics for the Northern Ireland Public Service Web
  • Strabane District Council
  • The New Northern Ireland Assembly
  • Telecommunications Branch—BDS
  • Trading Standards
  • Training and Employment Agency (TEA)
  • Training Services
  • Northern Ireland Tourist Board
  • Urban Traffic Control Centre
  • Valuation and Lands Agency (VLA)
  • Water Service
  • Training and Employment Agency "What Next?"

(ii) The current average number of hits per month for all NICS sites is 1.72 million.

(iii)The estimated expenditure on the NICS web service for the next 3 years is as follows:

Year £
2000 247,000
2001 247,000
2002 247,000

Individual Departmental/NDPB expenditure is not available.

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