HC Deb 10 June 2002 vol 386 c1106W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer given to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford (Mr. Burns) 24 April,Official Report, column 68W, on sun protection cream, how many hits the website www.doh.gov.uk/sunsafe has had since it was launched; and how much funding his Department has given to the National Radiological Protection Board this year to raise awareness of the general public of the dangers of skin cancer. [59578]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 24 May 2002]: The sunsafe pages of the Department's website had 54,790 hits' between 14 March and 22 May 2002. The Department provides core funding for the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB), but it is a matter for NRPB to determine what resources are devoted to raising awareness of the dangers of skin cancer.

1hits are the total number of requests made on the server during the time period specified, but does not include images.