HC Deb 14 January 2002 vol 378 c71W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost is of(a) establishing and (b) maintaining the (i) Galaxy H, (ii) Welltown, (iii) Wired for Health, (iv) Mind Body Soul and (v) LifeBytes websites; and how many hits there were in the last year in each case. [24617]

Yvette Cooper

The "Wired for Health" websites were set up progressively by the Health Development Agency between April 1998 and February 2001. The separate costs of each of the sites have not been recorded in the form requested.

The total project costs were as follows:

Financial year £000
1998–99 108
1999–2000 207
2000–01 266
April 2001-November 2001 96

Website Number of hits
1 December 2000 to 30 November 2001
Wired for Health 2,398,642
Mind, Body and Soul 3,805,962
LifeBytes 1,577,085
1 March 2001 to 30 November 20011
Galaxy-H 3,640,195
Welltown 3,065,236
1 the Galaxy-Hon. and Welltown sites were launched in February 2001
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