§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total cost of the websites of(a) his Department and (b) executive agencies of his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available. [160019]
§ Jane KennedyDevelopment for the DWP website, agency and other campaign websites is carried out by the Department's own in-house web team who are responsible for production, management and maintenance of all sites.
Contracted and quantifiable costs are included in the following information for Jobcentre Plus and The Pensions Service websites, however it is not possible to quantify internal costs for the Department's and Child Support Agency sites.
The department's IT contractor provides hosting of departmental websites, and provision of web hosting services. However, internet services are not accounted for separately and it is not possible to disentangle these costs. Web hosting is included within the quantified costs for the Jobcentre Plus:
Organisation URL Costs for 2002–03 DWP www.dwp.gov.uk No external costs CSA www.csa. gov.uk No external costs Jobcentre Plus www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk 1£763,285 The Pension Service www.thepensionservice.gov.uk £188,093 1 Includes quantifiable web hosting costs and links to Job Bank jobs database e-Service.