Written question asked by Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 11 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 January 2006. It was answered by Ian Pearson (Labour) on Thursday, 26 January 2006 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

SITPRO

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many hits there were on the SITPRO website in each of the last five years; and how many companies have been assisted by SITPRO in this period.

Answer

The total hits on the SITPRO website in each of the last five years were as follows:

	Number of hits
2001	423,271
2002	923,465
2003	1,584,498
2004	2,963,879
2005	3,475,254
⁽⁴²⁾ Records cover July-December only

It is not possible to estimate accurately how many companies SITPRO has assisted over this period. Since 2004, after SITPRO's helpdesk was relaunched, it has handled over 1,000 inquires a year, mostly from small traders enquiring about import and export documents and procedures on which it is uniquely placed to assist. SITPRO helps many other small and medium sized companies through seminars and workshops. It also engages with companies of all sizes through its policy groups and other stakeholder fora to influence developments in customs and other border regulation, both domestic and international, to promote trade facilitation principles and standards.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 441 c2351-2W; 42377
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Companies Internet SITPRO
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

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