§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence 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. [36137]
§ Dr. MoonieDirect costs for the Ministry of Defence's departmental website http://www.mod.uk are recorded for expenditure on contractual support—web design, maintenance and hosting—and staff costs for the central MOD website team. Total costs for the four-year period from April 1998 to April 2002 are as follows:
Financial year £ 1998–99 54,000 1999–2000 100,000 2000–01 153,000 2001–02 202,000 Usage of the MOD website began to be measured on a monthly basis in December 1997. The figures for 316W 2000–01 are rounded extrapolations based on data recorded between June 2000—December 2001. Hits for the four-year period from December 1997 to December 2001 are as follows:
Year Number December 1997—December 1998 4,576,859 December 1998—December 1999 18,195,760 December 1999—December 2000 20,700,000 December 2000—December 2001 26,200,000