HC Deb 14 February 2003 vol 400 cc135-6W
Mr. Yeo

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what e-mail address members of the public may contact(a) him and (b) each of the Ministers in his Department; and for each e-mail address if he will state (i) the date it became active and (ii) the number of e-mails received in each month since activation. [97448]

Dr. Moonie

Members of the public can contact all Defence Ministers via public@ministers.mod.uk. This email address has been active since 1998.

The table below details the number of emails recorded as received via this address since July 2000, from when these statistics have been collected:

2000 Number
July 311
August 2,872
September 1,409
October 594
November 427
December 350
Total 6,477

2001 Number
January 241
February 585
March 394
April 209
May 476
June 533
July 148
August 202
September 1,374
October 891
November 627
December 384
Total: 6,064

2002 Number
January 764
February 322
March 480
April 2,280
May 873
June 700
July 1,891
August 1,506
September 562
October 474
November 539
December 140
Total: 10,801

2003 Number
January 675

Of the total number of e-mails set out above, over 85 per cent. are categorised as 'spam'; that is, offensive, or circulars, or otherwise not worthy of a response.