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Departmental Internet

Answer

Expenditure on external website design consultants in each of the last three years for the departmental website—www.justice.gov.uk—was as follows:

	£
2007-08	30,960
2008-09	37,409
2009-10	8,250

These figures include costs for website design changes. External maintenance, content management and training costs for in-house staff are not included. The majority of work done to support and develop the Department's external website is carried out by in-house staff, who manage the website content and also the design, testing and implementation of improvements to the website on an ongoing basis.As there is more use of the internet for Government services, we need to make information about the work of the Department more readily available to citizens and the media, enhancing transparency and accountability for what we do. All our internet users—who include legal practitioners, academics and researchers—are able to use the range of resources published on our website either to work more efficiently within the justice system or to engage with the Department's day-to-day work and to contribute to our published consultations on proposals for change. Our investment in web services aims to enhance the user experience, providing easier access to MoJ information and services and delivering in a way that meets audience needs.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

508 c1077W; 325211

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Internet Ministry of Justice

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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