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Written question asked by Ian Lucas (Labour) on Tuesday, 29 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 November 2002. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Monday, 4 November 2002 on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department.


Lord Chancellors Dept

Question
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, if he will make a statement on the 1901 Census website. - Includes figures.
Answer

Ian Lucas: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the 1901 Census website. [78513] Ms Rosie Winterton: The 1901 Census website went back online as a test site on 27 August 2002. Up to 21 October over 1.4 million people have visited the site. They have conducted 14 million searches and downloaded 600,000 images of the census pages.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
78513; 392 c135W;392 c138W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Access Census Internet Public records Standards Public Record Office
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk