HC Deb 04 July 2002 vol 388 c512W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many members of her Department have been employed in its regulatory impact unit in the past five years; and if she will make a statement. [65962]

Dr. Howells

Departmental responsibility for regulatory impact issues has been located in various central units over the past five years. The number of posts in the relevant unit has been as follows:

  1. 1997–98: five full-time posts
  2. 1998–99: five full-time posts
  3. 1999–2000: six full-time posts
  4. 2000–01: four and a half full-time posts
  5. 2001–02: six and a half full-time posts.

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