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Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 9 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 October 2007. It was answered by David Cairns (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 October 2007 on behalf of the Scotland Office.


Departments: Internet

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many websites his Department operates; how many it operated at 1 January 2005; and what the estimated annual cost has been of running his Department's websites in the last five years.
Answer

The Scotland office only operates one website:"www.scotlandoffice.gov.uk."At 1 January 2005 it also operated the website for the 'Arbuthnott' Commission on Boundary Differences and voting Systems:"www.arbuthnottcommission.gov.uk."Both websites were established in 2004-05. The total annual costs of designing, building and hosting the websites are set out in the following table.

£
2004-05 24,978.49
2005-06 4,791.26
2006-07 1,163.26

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
157917; 465 c1056-7W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Internet Scotland Office
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk