HL Deb 15 October 1981 vol 424 c552WA
Lord Renton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many statutory instruments are now in force, how many pages do they fill as printed by The Queen's printer, and what were the corresponding figures in 1961 and 1971.

The Lord Chancellor

There were 12,897 general statutory instruments in force on 31st August 1981. At the end of 1961, there were 8,627 and, at the end of 1971, 9,904. The number of pages filled by subsisting instruments on those three dates cannot be calculated except at disproportionate cost.