§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total cost of her Department's website was in the last 12 months; and how many hits it received in the same period. [104190]
§ Ms HewittThe support costs for the Department's websites are included in the overall service charge paid monthly under the IT service contract in place since 1 April 1999. There is no separation of website costs in this charge.
The DTI site www.dti.gov.uk was redesigned in April 2002, at a cost of £60,294 including VAT.
The number of hits to the site www.dti.gov.uk in the months February 2002 to January 2003 was 196,359,744.