§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the total cost of his Department's website was in real terms in each of the last four years; and how many hits it received in each of those years. [36141]
§ Mr. MacShaneThe costs (excluding staff) of the FCO website (www.fco.gov.uk) over the past four years are as follows:
£ 1997 Initial set up and design costs 53,490 1998 Technical support and running costs 47,000 1999 Technical support and running costs 47,000 2000 Design enhancement, technical support and running costs 118,970 2001 Design enhancement, technical support and running costs 135,856 Total page impressions for each year are:
Number 1998 5,863,634 1999 10,522,512 2000 24,733,818 2001 27,000,000