§ Dr. CableTo ask the Prime Minister 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 the 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. [75585]
§ The Prime MinisterThe current 10 Downing Street website "pm.gov.uk" was launched in February 2000 at an initial cost of £75,000, hosted in-house. The running costs in each subsequent financial year are as follows:£185,000 (2000–01), £187,000 (2001– 02
The number of page impressions and visitor sessions that the site received is monitored weekly in-house and usage statistics are published on the site (www.pm.gov.uk). The 10 Downing Street website received 3,268,240 visitor sessions and 46,379,169 page impressions last year.
Two other sites—"annualreport.gov.uk" and "inyourarea.gov.uk"—were launched in July 2000 at an initial cost of £55,000, hosted by Peasy Ltd. The running costs in each subsequent financial year were as follows: 851W £11,750 (2000–01) and £28,500 (2001–02). Both sites are currently being incorporated into the main Downing Street website