gov.uk

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, 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, GOV.UK is the second-most-used government website worldwide, after Russia's Gosuslugi.

This article is about the Internet domain. For the government, see Government of the United Kingdom.
GOV.UK
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Screenshot of gov.uk's landing page as of 2 May 2023
Type of site
Government information
Available inEnglish and Welsh
OwnerHM Government
Created byGovernment Digital Service
URLgov.uk
CommercialNo
RegistrationNo
Launched1 February 2012 (2012-02-01)
Current statusOnline
Content license
Crown copyright
Open Government Licence

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.

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