§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost of his Department's websites, including those of its agencies, was in the most recent year for which figures are available. [178790]
§ Ruth KellyThe costs and traffic figures for each website operated by the agencies and Departments for which the Chancellor of the Exchequer is responsible, during the 2003–04 financial year, were as follows:
Department/site address Direct costs (£) Visits Page impressions (million) HM Customs and Excise www.hmce.gov.uk 1393,000 3.7 million — www.uktradeinfo.com 1285,000 214,336 1.05 HM Treasury www.hm-treasury.gov.uk 1197,000 2.6 million 41.4 www.euro.gov.uk 32,000 660.000 — www.isb.gov.uk 262,785 — Inland Revenue www.ir.gov.uk 31.9 million 9.9 million 110.6 Office for National Statistics www.statistics.gov.uk 11.1 million 7.14 million 60.6 million National Savings and Investments www.nsandi.com 1156,180 5.5 million 16.7 Office of Government Commerce www.ogc.gov.uk 226,000 592,551 — www.sds.ogc.gov.uk www.gps.ogc.gov.uk www.co.ogc.gov.uk www.supplyinggovernment.gov.uk https://www.epims.ogc.gov.uk www.ogc-top.co.uk OGC buying solution OGCbuying.solutions corporate 499,999 439,268 — website Energy Website G-Cat S-Cat Portfolio Portal Web enabled 'Central Product Database' and e-commerce system Royal Mint www.royalmint.gov.uk 193,000 966,047 7.2 UK Debt Management Office www.dmo.gov.uk 185,000 384,533 1.4 www.pwlb.gov.uk www.crnd.gov.uk Valuation Office http://www.voa.gov.uk/ 142,000 26,896 2.4 1Staff costs are included. 2Costs include database development work for this joint Treasury-Cabinet Office website. 3Of this 1.9 million, 1.4 million is a one off cost relating to the redesign of the Inland Revenue's website.