Debate contribution: Website Redesign: Northern Ireland Assembly
Debate contribution by Mr Trevor Clarke on .
- MLA
- Mr Trevor Clarke
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 1 April 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Website Redesign: Northern Ireland Assembly
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4877035
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I thank the Member for his question. A project is under way with the aim of creating a new Assembly website that will be a trusted authority on all Assembly business and a modern online tool where people can come to learn and engage. The redesign will support the Assembly Commission's corporate objectives to make the work of the Assembly more accessible and to communicate the impact of the Assembly's work. A discovery phase aimed at gaining user views of the present site was completed in 2024 to inform future requirements and functionality. A digital agency is being procured to design and deliver a new public-facing Assembly website, supply a replacement content management system and implement effective modern search facilities. It is anticipated that the formal tender publication will be in place within weeks, with the work anticipated to start in July 2025. It is expected that the project will last at least 18 to 24 months. A parallel enabling project commenced in October 2024 to modernise the Assembly information management system (AIMS) platform, which will make a step change in the way in which IT applications and services are delivered. That will be closely linked to enabling many Assembly business-related functions of the new website.
206 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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