Savings of £41 million have been achieved by the UK Government by reducing public sector websites by 61 to a total of 383.

The cuts have formed part of an on-going strategy, initiated in 2010, with 1,700 government sites cut, following a recommendation to create a single domain for public sector information.

This comes as the government prepares to replace Directgov sites and migrate to the new Gov.uk address.

The Cabinet Office detailed that the cost of running government websites came in at just under £108 million during 2011 and 2012.