Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 21 June 2010.
Tom Watson
Labour, West Bromwich East
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the URL is of each website managed by (a) her Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which her Department is responsible.
Richard Benyon
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
DEFRA, including our non departmental public bodies and agencies, currently manages 82 websites. The URL for each is set out in the following table. As part of the Transformational Government Website Rationalisation process, we anticipate that around 57 of these will close by April 2011.
Current URLS expected to close by April 2011
http://www.agwasteplastics.org.uk
http://countryside-quality-counts.org.uk
http://www.efishbusiness.co.uk
http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk
http://www.landscapecharacter.org.uk
http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk
http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk
http://www.natureonthemap.org.uk
http://www.ukmaburbanforum.co.uk
http://www.vet-residues-committee.gov.uk
http://www.wastematters.org.uk
http://www.airquality.co.uk/archive
http://whi.net.countryside.gov.uk
http://www.crosscompliance.org.uk
http://www.uwe.ac.uk/aqm/review
http://intertidalmanagement.co.uk
http://www.nationalbiodiversity.org
http://www.remas.ewindows.eu.org
http://www.uk-pollutantdeposition.ceh.ac.uk
http://www.diamondsinthelandscape.org.uk
http://www.uksocialdeprivation.aeat.com
http://socialcostofcarbon.aeat.com/html/introduction.htm
http://www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk
Current URLS expected to remain beyond April 2011
http://www.ruralcommunities.gov.uk
http://www.potatoesforcaterers.co.uk
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
http://www.naturalengland.org.uk
http://www.beefyandlamby.co.uk
http://www.britishmeatfoodservice.com
http://potatoesforschools.org.uk
http://www.britishpotatoes.co.uk
http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com
Yes17 people think so
No31 people think not
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