§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the(a) cost of and (b) number of visitors to each website operated by his Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which his Department is responsible in each year since its establishment. [107636]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe main Northern Ireland Office website was launched in 1997 and developed in house. It was redesigned in June 2001. Monthly assessment reports for the Northern Ireland Office site are forwarded to the Office of the e-Envoy and are placed in the Library.
The Northern Ireland Office also has responsibility for management of two internal websites: the Criminal Justice System for Northern Ireland site, which was launched in July 2002; and the Organised Crime Task Force site, which was launched in September 2002.
The total cost of all three sites to date is as follows:
£ NIO website Redesign cost 23,402.00 Operating cost for the 12 months 4,939.97 CJNI website Cost to date 13,160.00 OCTF website Cost to date 4,960.00 Total costs to date 45,761.97 978W
Cost of Websites £ Department 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 OFMDFM 0 0 0 0 0 2,661 DARD 0 0 0 0 0 1,900 DCAL 0 0 0 0 0 24,000 DE 0 0 0 0 0 0 DEL 0 0 0 270,000 289,972 39,805 DETI 0 0 0 12,200 0 50,400 DFP 0 0 0 0 0 0 DHSSPS 0 7,100 0 0 0 0 The figures provided do not include staffing costs.
The Northern Ireland Office website has received the following number of page hits (the number of visits could be obtained only at disproportionate cost):
Northern Ireland Office Number 1997 398,832 1998 2,655,045 1999 2,728,304 2000 3,506,310 2001 4,959,502 2002 8,379,957 2003 (on 30 April) 5,587,572 BDS (an agency of DFP) provided hosting services for all Departments, except DEL, at a notional cost of £219,000 for 2001–02 and £172,000 for 2002–03, which have been included in the figure for costs. It is not possible to provide figures prior to 1 April 2001, as web information and costs were then an integral part of other telecommunications services. The figures provided do not include staffing costs.
The Criminal Justice System Northern Ireland site has received the following visits:
Criminal Justice System Northern Ireland Number July 2002 78 August 2002 784 September 2002 1,241 October 2002 1,405 November 2002 1,265 December 2002 1,047 January 2003 1,490 February 2003 1,324 March 2003 1,345 The Organised Crime Task Force Site (OCTF) has received the following number of visits:
Organised Crime Task Force Number September 2002 543 October 2002 1,711 November 2002 2,866 December 2002 2,206 January 2003 3,194 February 2003 3,270 March 2003 3,862 The cost of the Northern Ireland Administration's websites and the number of hits to each website in each year from 1997 are set out in the tables:
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Cost of Websites £ Department 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 DOE 0 0 0 0 0 24,000 DRD 0 0 0 0 10,000 24,000 DSD 0 0 0 0 6,251 9,376 Total 0 7,100 0 282,200 306,223 176,142 BDS — — — — 219,000 172,000 Total 0 7,100 0 282,200 525,223 348,142
Number of Hits Department 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 OFMDFM — — — 395,640 586,500 674,324 DARD 169,966 242,179 643,840 1,293,900 4,841,813 4,447,528 DCAL — — 32,652 351,885 514,263 1,115,902 DE 231,648 595,359 1,582,770 2,194,800 371,564 14,998,806 DEL — — — — 2,571,227 5,929,386 DETI — — 417,098 243,576 2,665,363 3,940,545 DFP 11,214 62,230 142,798 257,345 361,998 532,582 DHSSPS 64,742 443,225 2,085,913 1,726,407 5,529,678 9,332,949 DOE 283,959 1,977,486 4,424,783 2,403,468 163,935 3,420,266 DRD — — 0 58,176 240,237 5,599,072 DSD — — 27 417,998 432,450 4,149,133 Total 761,529 3,320,479 9,329,881 9,343,195 19,002,745 55,558,711 The Northern Ireland Devolved Administration was established on 2 December 1999. At that date new Departments were created and there was a transfer of 980W functions, which resulted in some Departments having their responsibilities adjusted. The Administration does not hold records in relation to hits on websites prior to 1997.