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Written question asked by John Barrett (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 14 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 November 2003. It was answered by Ruth Kelly (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 November 2003 on behalf of the Treasury.


Treasury

Question
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) content and (b) design of his Department's website.
Answer

John Barrett: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the (a) content and (b) design of his Department's website. [139504] Ruth Kelly: The Treasury has an ongoing programme of user testing for its website. The views of external and internal users are regularly sampled, with the findings feeding into improvements to layout indexing and contents. This development programme also takes account of the accessibility and usability guidelines set out by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Office of the e-Envoy.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
139504; 413 c729W
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Design Government departments Internet Treasury
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk