§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many self-financing regulatory authorities his Department has set up since 1979; what was the annual running cost of each of the self-financing regulatory authorities in each of the last three years; what is the current staffing establishment; and what it was last year and two years ago.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 16 March 1994]: My Department has not set up any self-financing regulatory authorities since 1979.