§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many public statutes and statutory instruments, respectively, are currently in force in England and Wales.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisRecords of legislation in force are kept for the United Kingdom as a whole; information limited to England and Wales is not therefore available. In the United Kingdom, at the end of 1976, there were in force, either wholly or in part, 3,410 public general Acts of the Parliament at Westminster, and about 11,800 general statutory rules and orders—excluding those made in Northern Ireland—and general Statutory Instruments. No records are kept of the number of local Statutory Instruments in force; many of them have effect only for a limited period.