§ Mr. Spearingasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will tabulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the numbers of Statutory Instruments issued by each Department of State in this Session.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe following table shows by Departments the number of Statutory Instruments registered from the beginning of the Session, 31st October 1972, to 15th December 1972.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of 40 Cabinet Office 1 Civil Service Department 10 Customs and Excise 2 Defence, Ministry of 4 Education and Science, Department of 4 Employment, Department of 9 Environment, Department of the 97 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 4 Forestry Commission 1 Health and Social Security, Department of 6 Home Office 38 Inland Revenue, Board of 3 Lord Chancellor's Department 11 Scottish Office 39 Trade and Industry, Department of 44 Treasury 17 Welsh Office 13