§ Viscount Merseyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will take steps to publish lists of compliance cost assessments which departments prepare showing the impact of proposed new government regulations on businesses.
§ The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Lord Young of Graffham)Officials in the Enterprise and Deregulation Unit are arranging for a selected list of compliance cost assessments (CCAs) to be published in the Department of Trade and Industry magazineBritish Business. In addition, departments will arrange for lists of CCAs to be published in appropriate publications and press notices.