§ Mr. PageTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will estimate the total administrative cost imposed on businesses as a result of regulation since May 1997. [R] [115689]
§ Mr. StringerThe information required is not held in the form requested and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
204WAll regulatory proposals likely to impact on business are subject to Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA). RIAs are published and placed in the Libraries of the House. In addition a series of Command Papers list RIAs for each six month period, the most recent being Cm 4664.
RIAs contain a wide range of information on the costs and benefits of each proposal.