§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what requirements there are for officials in his Department to introduce a compliance cost assessment for all rules and regulations coming before him and his Ministers; and how many compliance cost assessments have been issued in his Department in the first three months of this year. [19349]
§ Mr. HowardDetails of when a compliance cost assessment is required are set out in today's reply by my hon. Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs, in response to a similar question. In the Home Office no compliance cost assessments have been prepared in the first three months of 1995.