§ Mrs. CaltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department(a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. [88033]
§ Maria EagleThe details requested are in the table.
Session Number of negative statutory instruments that came into force Number considered by delegated legislation committee 1999–2000 (Department of Social Security) 68 2 2000–01 (Department of Social Security) 44 0 2001–02 (Department for Work and Pensions) 101 4 A further 14 instruments subject to the negative procedure came into force in the period between the end of the 1999–2000 session and the start of the 2000–01 session and a further three instruments subject to the negative procedure came into force in the period between the end of the 2000–01 session and the start of the 2001–02 session.
Where a Statutory Instrument has more than one commencement date, the first date has been used.