Electronic Government
Cabinet Office
Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, Labour)
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) government.uk and (b) directgov website in the latest period for which figures are available.
Francis Maude (Minister for the Cabinet Office; Horsham, Conservative)
The budget for 2011/12 and the financial year to date of the Gov.uk alpha and beta sites is approximately £4.6 million.
The cost to the public purse of the directgov website in the latest period for which figures are available (2010/11) is £21.392 million. This is published on the Cabinet Office website at:
Moving departmental websites on to Gov.uk will, in due course, realise significant savings for the taxpayer.