He added: "The cloud has transformed all of this. Through the G-Cloud framework we are able to simply and rapidly buy highly reliable, highly cost-effective hosting services."

GOV.UK is currently running in beta, where new features are being added to the site every week or two, and will act as a single domain website for citizens accessing services and information across government. It is due to launch on 17 October.

The government launched its CloudStore in February, which saw 257 suppliers signed up to the G-Cloud framework and catalogued within an online portal. The government plans to accredit each service offered only once and then any government body can reuse that service without going through the accreditation process again.