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Dear House of Commons,

Please can you provide me with the names of the top 50 websites accessed by members and staff of the House of Commons on Monday, 30 November 2015 and the number of times each site was visited.

Yours faithfully,

m.spaven

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Dear M Spaven,

 

Thank you for your request for information dated 4 January 2016, received
by us on the same date, which is copied below.

 

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Dear M.Spaven,

 

 

Freedom of Information Request F16-009

 

Thank you for your request for information as copied below. You asked for
the names of the top 50 websites accessed by Members and staff of the
House of Commons on Monday 30 November 2015 and the number of times each
site was visited.

 

Whilst the House of Commons and the House of Lords are separate public
authorities in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the
Parliamentary Digital Service (PDS) is a joint service providing
information and communications technology services for both Houses of
Parliament. The information below covers both Houses and all users of the
parliamentary network e.g. MPs, Members of the House of Lords, their
staff, staff of the House Administrations and non-parliamentary network
users participating in parliamentary business.

 

This information is held by the House of Commons and the attached
spreadsheet provides details of the top 50 websites accessed by users on
the parliamentary estate on 30 November 2015.

Please note that:

·         Accuracy of the data cannot be guaranteed. Sites such as
Facebook utilise an auto refresh tool which basically keeps reloading
elements of a page, without the user having to click the reload button. We
are aware of Facebook doing this for wall posts, messages and its chat
system. It isn't the only site that uses this method but is statistically
most noticeable.

·         The data supplied covers both Houses and all users of the
Parliamentary Network (PN) e.g. MPs, Members of the House of Lords, their
staff and staff of the House Administrations. It is not possible to break
the data down by House or user type.

o The data covers all sites accessed via all ‘non-public’ computers on
the parliamentary estate;
o The staff policies for both House administrations permit staff to
access the internet for personal use in non-working time (while
setting clear boundaries and having measures in place to discourage
inappropriate use);
o ICT security policies apply to all PN users;
o Members of either House and their staff, as well as certain
administration staff of both Houses in public-facing/engagement roles,
may access various internet-based media to respond to the public; and
o These figures may not readily indicate the volume of internet usage in
terms of activity or time for some websites for the following reasons:

o a user may visit a website once but generate a number of “views”
and/or “sessions” while connected (even if not active) according
to the design of that website;
o a user may access a site that contains optional or automatic
links to another, others or other ‘pop-up’ arrangements, which
are recorded as views or sessions without active connection
linking, redirection or active connection to websites that are
inaccessible from the PN under internet access management
arrangements will nevertheless be recorded in this dataset
depending on the design of some websites, some views of what
might be regarded as the same website may be recorded under
different entries.

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Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Carole Fisher | IRIS Officer
Information Rights and Information Security (IRIS) Service | House of
Commons

Tel: 0207 219 4025 | Text Relay: 18001 219 4025 | Third Floor, 7 Millbank,
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