§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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. [19351]
§ Mr. AncramI refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by the Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs on 19 April,Official Report, column 189. My officials follow the procedures set out in that answer.
Four compliance cost assessments were issued in Northern Ireland in the first three months of this year.