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Dear Sir/Madam

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - IGT_FOI_09_2254/01 - Internet Usage 26/10

Your request for information has been considered under the requirements of
the Freedom of Information Act and the information is below.

1 - What are the top 10 websites visited by Tower Hamlets staff during the
months of June, July and August 2009?

We no longer hold the data for June

For July

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| |Total Requests|Total Bandwidth|
|-----------------------------------------+--------------+---------------|
|http://www.google.co.uk |288489 |281.9 MB |
|-----------------------------------------+--------------+---------------|
|http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk |281705 |261.8 MB |
|-----------------------------------------+--------------+---------------|
|http://clients1.google.co.uk |244678 |183.7 MB |
|-----------------------------------------+--------------+---------------|
|http://www.google-analytics.com |201826 |224.2 MB |
|-----------------------------------------+--------------+---------------|
|http://uk1.siteimprove.com |153436 |133.2 MB |
|-----------------------------------------+--------------+---------------|
|http://l.yimg.com |148422 |97.1 MB |
|-----------------------------------------+--------------+---------------|
|http://mail.google.com |143590 |676.6 MB |
|-----------------------------------------+--------------+---------------|
|http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net |117852 |1.5 GB |
|-----------------------------------------+--------------+---------------|
|http://h.msn.com |105307 |127.0 MB |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

For August

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Site | Total Requests| Total Bandwidth|
|-----------------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
|http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk | 370634| 340.3 MB|
|-----------------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
|http://www.google.co.uk | 368754| 364.0 MB|
|-----------------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
|http://clients1.google.co.uk | 365863| 275.9 MB|
|-----------------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
|http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net | 342300| 187.2 MB|
|-----------------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
|http://www.google-analytics.com | 281610| 314.0 MB|
|-----------------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
|http://l.yimg.com | 211250| 139.8 MB|
|-----------------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
|http://uk1.siteimprove.com | 206429| 178.7 MB|
|-----------------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
|http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net | 192997| 2.5 GB|
|-----------------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
|http://mail.google.com | 187567| 926.3 MB|
|-----------------------------------+-----------------+------------------|
|http://h.msn.com | | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

3- How many people does the Tower Hamlets employ?

As of 30th September 2009 Tower Hamlets have 5,963 employees excluding
schools

4- How many times the Daily Mail website (any URL beginning

http://dailymail.co.uk) was accessed in the above months if not inthe top
ten?

No evidence that this site was accessed during the months specified

If you have any queries please get in touch with me to discuss them. You
might like to know that the Council's website [1]www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
contains a section on the Freedom of Information Act that lists other
publications readily available from the Council under its Publication
Scheme.

Yours faithfully

Jane Jones

Information Governance Administrative Officer

Legal Services

6th Floor

Mulberry Place

London E14 2BG

0207 364 4736

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