Question reference: S6W-04824
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 3 December 2021
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Current status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 22 December 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many website domain names that it owns and pays for are currently (a) active and (b) inactive.
Answer
Scottish Government currently owns 1081 registered domains. 629 of them are currently “active” and 452 are currently “inactive”.
This total includes domain name variants which are commonly registered to protect a domain from malicious use, as well as domains for expired websites which are retained in order to redirect users to suitable alternatives.
We have defined “active” as a domain that has DNS configuration applied to it. Any domain that is currently parked with our Registrar Com Laude or has no DNS configuration has been defined as “inactive”.