Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Mobile Phones

(asked on 6th September 2018) - View Source
Questioner
Justin Madders Portrait
Justin Madders
(Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish a list of the mobile phone applications developed by his Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of developing of each of those applications.

Answered by
Lord Harrington of Watford Portrait
Lord Harrington of Watford
This question was answered on 14th September 2018

Application Name

BEIStart

Met Office weather app

Organisation

BEIS Headquarters

Met Office

Purpose

Induction materials for new starters at BEIS

To help users access weather information and sever weather warnings promptly.

Development costs in last 3 years

Nil Developed as a voluntary corporate contribution by Civil Servants

£3.77 million

Further Information

N/A

This cost is offset by revenue from advertising across the Met Office’s digital channels. The revenue received in the last 3 years is £4.29 million.

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