HC Deb 15 February 1999 vol 325 cc518-9W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the expenditure incurred by his 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 he 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. [70971]

Mr. Straw

The table gives the information available for each of the websites of my Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies. Figures are approximate where indicated. In no case was the expenditure higher than budgeted.

Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 16 December 1998,Official Report, column 604, if he will list the expenditure not included in his answer incurred by (a) his agencies and non-departmental public bodies and (b) the Central Office of Information for relevant work carried out for his Department. [71010]

Mr. Straw

The total expenditure incurred:(a) by Home Office agencies is as follows:

£
Prison Service 5,000
Fire Service College 46,045
Passport Agency 1118,000
Forensic Science Service 250,000
1 Figure for April 1997 to end December 1998

Figures on publicity expenditure for all 34 Home Office Non Departmental Public Bodies can be obtained only at disproportionate expense.

(b) by the Central Office of Information is: £2,290,233.