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Screenshot  Screenshot of gov.uk's landing page as of 2 May 2023 | |
Type of site | Government information |
|---|---|
| Available in | English and Welsh |
| Owner | HM Government |
| Created by | Government Digital Service |
| URL | gov |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | 1 February 2012 |
| Current status | Online |
Content license | Crown copyright Open Government Licence |
gov.uk (styled on the site as GOV.UK) is a United Kingdom public sector information website, created by the Government Digital Service to provide a single point of access to HM Government services. The site launched as a beta on 31 January 2012,[1][2] following on from the AlphaGov project. The website uses a modified digital version of the Transport typeface called New Transport. It officially replaced Directgov and the online services of Business Link on 17 October 2012. As of January 2023[update], GOV.UK is the second-most-used government website worldwide, after Russia's Gosuslugi.[3][4]
The website was planned to replace the individual websites of hundreds of government departments and public bodies by 2014. By 1 May 2013, all 24 ministerial departments had their URLs redirected to gov.uk. As of March 2022, GOV.UK hosts pages for 23 ministerial departments, 20 non-ministerial departments, and over 410 agencies, public corporations, and other public bodies.[5]
- ^ "Gov.uk service portal opens for public testing". BBC News Online. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ "Introducing the beta of GOV.UK". 31 January 2012.
- ^ "Портал государственных услуг Российской Федерации". www.gosuslugi.ru. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
- ^ "Website Rankings". www.similarweb.com. Retrieved Jan 25, 2023.
- ^ "Departments, agencies and public bodies". gov.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2022.