§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the website links associated with his Department, including sites now dormant or closed, and indicating whether they are live, dormant or closed; what the start up costs were for each site listed; what the540W operating costs were in each year since start up for each site; which company hosted each site; what assessment takes place for each site; which company does the assessment; if he will place the assessment reports in the Library; and if he will make a statement. [75574]
§ Peter HainThe Wales Office has one live bilingual website (www.walesoffice.gov.uk/www.swyddfa.cymru.gov.uk).
The total operating cost, including the start up cost which cannot be separately identified, of the Wales Office website between 1 April 1998 and 1 July 1999 was £7,867.
The Wales Office was not charged for the running of its website between 1 July 1999 and 1 September 2000.
The operating cost of running the website, including the development of bilingual content, between 1 September 2000 and 31 August 2001 was £5,699.
The Wales Office has not been invoiced to date for the operating cost between 1 September 2001 and 31 August 200, but it is understood the sum will be around £1,600.
The Wales Office website is hosted by Eduserv. Edusery provide a rolling statistical assessment on the site which may be viewed at http:// www.ossw.wales.gov.uk/statistics/ for the English site and http://www.swvddfa.cvmru.gov.uk/statistics/ for Wales.