§ Lord Rippon of Hexhamasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many pages of delegated legislation were enacted for each year from 1974 to 1989.
§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Mackay of Clashfern)The only information that can be obtained without disproportionate cost being incurred is that contained in the Treasury Solicitor's annual reports to the Statute Law Committee on the work of the Statutory Publications Office. These give the size of1454WA recent annual editions of Statutory Instruments and show the number of pages of general (but not local) statutory instruments for the relevant years. These publications have been issued for complete years until 1987 and consequently the figures for 1988 and 1989 are not yet available. The number of pages for each year from 1974 to 1987 are as shown below:
Year Number of pages 1974 8680 1975 8653 1976 6305 1977 6224 1978 5862 1979 4719 1980 7390 1981 6521 1982 5540 1983 6405 1984 6062 1985 6476 1986 9048 1987 6266