Written question asked by Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 22 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 October 2002. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Monday, 28 October 2002 on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department.

Lord Chancellors Dept

Question: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many people have visited the 1901 Census website since its relaunch; and if he will make a statement. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Edward Davey: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many people have visited the 1901 Census website since its relaunch; and if he will make a statement. [77281] 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: 77281; 391 c600W;391 c596-7W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Access Disclosure of information Census Internet Public records Public Record Office
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk