§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the costs were relating to the Department's websites for the financial year ended March; which company dealt with the website development; and if he will make a statement. [72490]
§ Mr. Lammy[holding answer 23 July 2002]: The cost of the Department's website for the financial year ending March 2002 are shown in the table.
Hosting and maintenance (£0,000) Website development and use research (£0,000) Estimated staff costs (£0,000) TOTAL (£0,000) 73.32 245.9 339.7 658.92 Website development and user research was undertaken by Worth Media and Planetary Tribe respectively in conjunction with Department staff.
The website regularly receives in the region of five million hits per month and is consistently placed in the top six most-visited Government website's.