Homes and Communities Agency: Internet

Grant Shapps

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much was spent on the establishment of websites for the (a) Homes and Communities Agency and (b) Tenant Services Authority; (280285)

(2) how many (a) unique visitors and (b) page impressions were registered on the (i) Homes and Communities Agency and (ii) the Tenant Services Authority website in each month since its creation.

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) spent £47,219 on the establishment of its website.

The number of unique visitors and page impressions registered are listed as follows:

*HCA website usage stats*
	Unique visitors	Page views/impressions
December 2008	19,721	190,408
January 2009	26,165	231,076
February 2009	30,077	237,243
March 2009	32,594	241,883
April 2009	39,929	267,390
May 2009	44,241	311,907

There were no external costs associated with the development of the TSA website. It was created in-house.

The number of unique visitors and page impressions registered are listed as follows:

*TSA website usage stats*
	Unique visitors	Page views/impressions
December 2008	¹—	¹—
January 2009	93,521	509,356
February 2009	94,603	518,758
March 2009	97,412	512,792
April 2009	83,667	419,873
May 2009	83,269	395,983
¹ No figures available

Volume 494: debated on Wednesday 17 June 2009