§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total cost of her 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. [36143]
§ Dr. HowellsThe website was redeveloped two years ago at a cost of £81,134. Prior to that, the site was developed in-house at zero cost. The website is maintained in-house at zero cost. The hosting cost is £5,000 per year.
We do not retain website statistics beyond the current year. The number of hits over the year is of the order of 4,160,000.