§ Lord Bleaseasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will publish in the Official Report the number of statutory rules submitted by each respective Northern Ireland department, to the Northern Ireland Examiner for Statutory Rules in each of the last five years.
§ Lord LyellThe Northern Ireland Examiner of Statutory Rules issues reports twice each year covering the periods 1st August to 31st January and 1st February to 31st July respectively.
The information given below shows the figures for the annual cycles ending 31st July each year.
Northern Ireland Department 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Total Agriculture 32 39 24 34 37 166 Economic Development 44 42 25 26 31 168 Education 12 5 7 10 11 45 Environment 89 180 111 137 126 643 Finance and Personnel 15 10 19 10 10 64 Health and Social Services 81 66 71 76 117 411 273 342 257 293 332 1,497