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Written question asked by Malcolm Moss (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 January 2010. It was answered by Paul Clark (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Driving Standards Agency: Internet

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much the Driving Standards Agency has spent on (a) Twitter and (b) other online communications systems in each of the last three years.
Answer

The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has spent the following on (a) Twitter and (b) other online communication systems in the last three years:"(a) Twitter—DSA established a free Twitter presence in May 2009. The Agency is not required to pay for this facility.""(b) The costs DSA corporate website (dsa.gov.uk) are shown in the following table. These costs include web-hosting, site security, the use of online media to deliver public consultations, development of online communication to increase take-up of DSA's online services and to make available corporate information."

Amount (£)
2006-07 95,841.35
2007-08 63,214.03
2008-09 112,006.37

In addition, DSA has online communication costs for:""A Learning to Drive" online marketing campaign was run at a cost of £11,690 (during 2007-2008).""A five month marketing campaign to promote the Agency's "Enhanced Rider Scheme" (ERS) at a cost of £52,940, in 2009."DSA is currently trialling a new email alert system from GovDelivery at a cost of £5,000.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c231W; 311039
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Internet Driving Standards Agency
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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