HC Deb 01 April 2004 vol 419 c1554W
Mr. Heald

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total annual cost of his Department's websites, including those of its agencies, was in the most recent year for which figures are available. [159515]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

The information is as follows:

DfES—2003–04

2003–04 £
Central website1 1,900,000
Customer facing portals2 978,000
Curriculum online3 2,394,598
1 www.dfes.gov.uk
2 6 sites
3 www.curriculumonline.gov.uk

Agencies—latest figures available

Agency Total spent (£)
Investors in People UK 160,000
QCA 380,000
CITB 315,000
ECITB 22,000
Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) 112,585
Adult Learning Inspectorate 38,489
TTA 517,000
BECTA 1,267,100
NGfL 1,111,500
NCSL 673,000
HEFCE 67,000