§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the estimated cost of maintaining the deregulation unit within the Cabinet Office; and how many permanent staff are employed in it. [18646]
§ Mr. FreemanThe cost of the deregulation unit was set out in the annual MINIS 95 return for the Department of Trade and Industry, as the unit was at that stage part of that Department. The return was published on 12 June 1995 and a copy placed in the Library of the House.
The staff complement of the deregulation unit at January 1996 was equivalent to 43.5 man years.