HC Deb 08 March 1976 vol 907 cc26-7W
Mr. David Price

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total number of different forms which his Department, and its subordinate agencies, have currently available for different purposes requiring completion by members of the general public; when the necessity for each such form was last reviewed; and whether he intends to reduce the number of such forms and to simplify their contents.

Dr. Summerskill

About 350. Requests for new forms and for reprints of existing forms are examined centrally against criteria of necessity, simplicity and clarity.