§ Mr. SproatTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the subjects of compliance cost assessments carried out since the publication of the White Paper, "Building Businesses Not Barriers".
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonCompliance cost assessments—CCAs—are prepared for all policy proposals likely to affect business. A central list of CCAs going back to 1986 does not exist, and would require disproportionate time and effort to produce. Since 1989, details of new CCAs prepared by Departments have been published every six months. Currently the list appears in "Business Briefing", the weekly magazine of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce. CCAs are currently being produced by the Government at a rate of over 50 per annum. The deregulation unit is planning to set up a computerised database of CCAs.
§ Mr. SproatTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will institute a review of the effectiveness of the compliance cost assessment system operated by his deregulation unit.
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonThe effectiveness of the compliance cost assessment system is kept under continuous review by the unit.