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The BBC has discovered that the government (by which is meant the last lot) have spent sums of money ranging from £10,000 to £40,000 on developing iPhone applications.
The most expensive app, as they are known, was by the DVLA who was developing one which would give ‘a masterclass for changing your wheel’. What? Don’t car handbooks tell you how to change wheels and do not the motoring organisations exist anymore?
Then there was £32,775 spent by Jobcentre Plus. Over 53,000 supposedly unemployed people downloaded this iPhone app by the end of May. It has rightly been said that anyone needing this particular app would surely not be able to afford the iPhone and its running costs.
One of the cheapest app developments was that of the NHS who spent £10,000 on a ‘Drinks Tracker’ enabling iPhone users to calculate the units in their drinks and log their drinking over the weeks and months. It also lets people find their local NHS Alcohol Service (whatever that is). I really can’t imagine drinkers who have had a bellyful in the pub on a Friday night having sufficient focus to call up this iPhone app for help!
Between 2009 and 2010 the government (obviously the last lot) spent a staggering £94 millions on website development and running costs along with another £32 millions on web staff.
Thank heavens then that the government (by which I mean the current lot) have decided that iPhone and other such developments will in future be scrutinised by the Efficiency and Reform Group, which is chaired by the Cabinet Office Minister and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Let’s hope also that this worthy group has sufficient knowledge of computers to understand the proposals coming forward!
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The BBC has discovered that the government (by which is meant the last lot) have spent sums of money ranging from £10,000 to £40,000 on developing iPhone applications.
The most expensive app, as they are known, was by the DVLA who was developing one which would give ‘a masterclass for changing your wheel’. What? Don’t car handbooks tell you how to change wheels and do not the motoring organisations exist anymore?
Then there was £32,775 spent by Jobcentre Plus. Over 53,000 supposedly unemployed people downloaded this iPhone app by the end of May. It has rightly been said that anyone needing this particular app would surely not be able to afford the iPhone and its running costs.
One of the cheapest app developments was that of the NHS who spent £10,000 on a ‘Drinks Tracker’ enabling iPhone users to calculate the units in their drinks and log their drinking over the weeks and months. It also lets people find their local NHS Alcohol Service (whatever that is). I really can’t imagine drinkers who have had a bellyful in the pub on a Friday night having sufficient focus to call up this iPhone app for help!
Between 2009 and 2010 the government (obviously the last lot) spent a staggering £94 millions on website development and running costs along with another £32 millions on web staff.
Thank heavens then that the government (by which I mean the current lot) have decided that iPhone and other such developments will in future be scrutinised by the Efficiency and Reform Group, which is chaired by the Cabinet Office Minister and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Let’s hope also that this worthy group has sufficient knowledge of computers to understand the proposals coming forward!
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