House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 11 Jun 2007 (pt 0023)

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Crown Estate: Wind Power

Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much income was received by the Crown Estate from wind-powered electricity generating installations situated offshore in each financial year since 2004-05. [140466]

John Healey: £181,000 in 2004-05 and £386,000 in 2005-06. Financial information for 2006-07 is not yet available.

Departments: ICT

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent by his Department on IT procurement in each year since 1997. [134595]

John Healey: The IT related procurement expenditure for financial years 2003-04 onwards was:

	£ million
2003-04	1.30
2004-05	3.27
2005-06	3.04
2006-07	2.36

Information on years prior to 2003-04 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Departments: Internet

Mrs. May: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for which Government websites he is responsible; how many visitors each received in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the cost (a) was of establishing and (b) has been of maintaining each site. [135740]

John Healey: For previous answers referring to website costs and visitors I refer the right hon. Member to the answers given on 25 July 2006, Official Report, column 1352W; 10 October 2005, Official Report, column 285W, 24 June 2004, Official Report, column
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1470W, 14 April 2003, Official Report, column 548W, 22 October 2002, Official Report, column 219W.

The cost of establishing websites operated by the agencies and departments for which the Chancellor of
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the Exchequer is responsible, plus costs and traffic figures for each website during the 2006-07 financial year, are as follows:

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Department/agency	Website address	Cost of establishing website (£)	Maintenance costs 2006-07)(£)	Unique visits in 2006-07 (unless otherwise indicated)
HM Treasury	www.hm-treasury.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	130,781	2,460,197
HM Treasury specific sites	thegfp.treasury.gov.uk	Nil	7,993	68,050
	www.isb.gov.uk	68,573	11,750	⁽¹⁾—
	www.stakeholdersaving.gov.uk	83,145	⁽¹⁾—	13,629
	www.ges.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	212,331
	www.redbox.gov.uk	107,391	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—
	Sites hosted on shared server:		18,710.70
	www.gsr.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾21,846	16,582
	www.policyhub.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾25,487	350,932
	www.euro.gov.uk	9,602	11,985	245,000
	www.wga.gov.uk	500	⁽²⁾500	⁽¹⁾—
	www.csren.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	18,711	9,311
	www.financialinclusion-taskforce.org.uk	Nil	n/a	3,399
	www.financial-reporting.gov.uk	Nil	n/a	⁽¹⁾—

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs	www.hmrc.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	49,359,066
	www.businesslink.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	841,667	⁽³⁾825,424

Debt Management Office	www.dmo.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾92,000	⁽⁴⁾49,645

OGC	www.ogc.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	250,000	1,163,088
OGC buying solutions	www.ogcbuyingsolutions.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	87,879.01	669,209

Government Actuaries Department	www.gad.gov.uk	18,286	676	293,317
	www.gadopss.gov.uk	20,680	14,616	⁽¹⁾—

Valuation Office Agency	www.voa.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	817,847
	www.mybusinessrates.gov.uk	70,983	⁽²⁾2,585	112,573

National Savings and Investments	www.nsandi.com	2,347,675	⁽²⁾247,125	14,960,510

Royal Mint	www.royalmint.com	⁽¹⁾—	⁽¹⁾—	5,758,270
	www.rovalmint.gov.uk
	www.royalmintwholesale.com
Office for National Statistics	www.statistics.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾1,017,195	7,464,654
	www.statistics.gov.uk/PBC
	www.statistics.gov.uk/about
	www.stats4schools.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾2,250	67,524
	www.gro.gov.uk, and	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾77,305	4,002,440
	www.gro.gov.uk/cip
	www.eustatistics.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾14,250	91,317
	www.ness.gov.uk	⁽¹⁾—	⁽²⁾100,000	1,638,102
	www.onsiobs.co.uk (new website)	19,550	Nil	Nil
⁽¹⁾ Unavailable ⁽²⁾ Staff costs are included ⁽³⁾ For April 2007 ⁽⁴⁾ Since November 2006 ⁽⁵⁾ To January 2007 ⁽⁶⁾ Inclusive of hosting for all ONS sites except onsjobs) ⁽⁷⁾ Responsibility for th is website transferred to the ONS during 2006-07 Notes: 1. These figures include all direct costs, for example web hosting, software support, and infrastructure 2. Staff costs are included where available. Where staff costs can only be established at disproportionate cost they are not included.

Departments: Marketing

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which items with his Department’s logo were (a) produced and (b) bought by (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in each year since 1997; and what the cost was of those items. [141309]

John Healey: The Treasury’s accounting records do not distinguish between the cost of items that carry the Department’s logo and the cost of those that do not. Therefore the information requested is not held.

Departments: Public Relations

Grant Shapps: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent by his Department on public relations in each of the last five years. [139454]

John Healey: I refer to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban) on 24 July 2006, Official Report, column 1064W. The Treasury does not record public relations expenditure as a separate category but a check of supplier and expenditure records for the financial year 2006-07 has revealed no payments to suppliers that are known to be public relations companies. A more comprehensive answer could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Freedom of Information: Regulation

Mr. Heald: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions (a) he and (b) other Treasury Ministers have had with the Ministry of Justice on amendments to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and associated regulations in the last six months. [141390]

John Healey: Treasury Ministers have discussions with a wide range of ministerial colleagues as part of the process of policy development and collective Cabinet responsibility. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government’s practice to provide details of all such discussions.

Incentives: Informers

Mr. Gray: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when his Office last exercised its prerogative power to reward an informer providing information that led to a recovery of money for the Crown. [140753]

John Healey: The last reward paid by HMRC for the recovery of cash was in March 2007.

Monetary Policy Committee: Public Appointments

Mr. Redwood: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) in what circumstances Monetary Policy Committee members are (a) invited to serve a second term and (b) allowed to apply to serve a second term; [142093]

(2) what criteria he uses when deciding whether to re-appoint Monetary Policy Committee members. [142097]

John Healey: The Chancellor appoints members of the Monetary Policy Committee in accordance with the criteria laid out in the Bank of England Act 1998.

Mr. Redwood: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many members of the Monetary Policy Committee have been appointed for a second term since 1997; and how many have served only one complete term. [142096]

John Healey: A full list of individuals that have served on the Monetary Policy Committee since 1997, alongside meeting attendance and voting records, is available from:

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