§ Mr. AllanTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's policy is in respect of the computer file formats used for the(a) distribution and (b) archiving of publicly available documents. [173362]
§ Jane KennedyThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) publishes material available on its website www.dwp.gov.uk in HTML (hyper text markup language) generated via "active server pages" (ASP) or Adobe Acrobat (PDF). The PDF format is mainly used for longer documents that members of the public might want to print out rather than view on screen. Images, where they are used, are provided in standard graphic file formats GIF and JPEG. Information about accessibility, to help users with visual impairments or other disabilities, is given at: www.dwp.gov.uk/accessibility/
When leaflets, guides, forms and other documents are updated older versions are removed from the website so that members of the public gel the most up-to-date information. Electronic copies of archived documents are available via e-mail on request from: www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/orderolditems/orderoldpubs.asp. These documents are provided in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
Further information about the full range of material published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) can be found in our publication scheme at: www.dwp.gov.uk/pub_scheme/.