§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many statutory instruments his Department sponsored in the last Session of Parliament; and how many of these(a) constituted a new rule or regulation, (b) were introduced to implement European Community directives and (c) amplify the minimum standards set out in an original European Community directive. [2458]
§ Mr. HealdThe number of statutory instruments sponsored by the Department of Social Security in the last Session of Parliament was 71. Of these, one consolidated existing legislation: the remainder therefore constituted new legislation. None were introduced to implement European Community directives and none amplified the minimum standards set out in a European Community directive.