Statutory Instruments (Hansard, 26 February 2003)

HC Deb 26 February 2003 vol 400 c564W 564W

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many statutory instruments have been issued by his Department in each calendar year since 1979. [89843]

§ Peter Hain
The Wales Office was formed on 1 July 1999. The information from 1999 onwards is as follows:

Number

1999 1

2000 1

2001 4

2002 2

This excludes a number of Orders in Council the drafting of which is the responsibility of my Department and a number of statutory instruments of which my predecessor was a joint signatory.