§ Mr. Galleyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many Acts of Parliament have been promoted and how many statutory instruments made by his Department, or predecessor Departments covering his areas of responsibility, in each of the last 20 years.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe information requested is given in the table.
Number of: Year (i) Acts of Parliament (ii) Statutory Instruments 1965 2 21 1966 — 19 1967 1 13 1968 2 21 1969 — 23 1970 2 25 1971 1 26 1972 2 20 1973 2 26 1974 1 30 1975 1 43 1976 3 23 1977 — 25 1978 1 27 1979 2 22 1980 1 31 1981 1 35 1982 — 30 1983 2 31 1984 1 26