Since then, there have been approximately 21,000 hits to the homepages for the Discussion and Reflection stages of the Debate.Figures for the number of hits per month are displayed in the following table.The National Debate is a new approach to consultation and we had no comparable information on which to base a pre-launch projection of the number of hits.PeriodNumber of Hits20-03-2002 to 29-04-20024,24630-04-2002 to 27-05-20023,86028-05-2002 to 24-06-20023,86525-06-2002 to 29-07-20021,47230-07-2002 to 26-08-200244527-08-2002 to 30-09-200269201-10-2002 to 28-10-20026,626 S1W-30864