§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health 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. [36139]
§ Ms BlearsThe cost of the Department of Health's website is as follows:
£000 Financial year Hosting and maintenance Website development Estimated staff costs Total costs 1998–99 29.4 20 178.9 228.3 1999–00 62.8 30 229.4 322.2 2000–01 57.8 130.7 277.1 465.6 2001–021 69.6 2 245.9 339.7 655.2 1 To 1 February 2002. 2 This figure includes £532,000 spent on user research. The Department uses page impressions rather than hits as a measure of usage. The figures for the last four years are as follows:
Calendar year Page impressions 1998 4,533,775 1999 16,485,398 2000 37,504,218 2001 48,337,144