§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the rules and regulations he proposes to repeal or amend by means of a reference to the Deregulation Committee before the end of 1995; and if he will make a statement. [41541]
§ Mr. HagueI refer the hon. Member to the reply given to him today by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the estimated saving to the Exchequer by the repeal of each rule and regulation which has so far been the subject of a reference to the Deregulation Committee from his Department, and in how may cases a compliance cost assessment has been carried out. [41577]
§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what regulations his Department proposes to repeal by the end of 1995; if he proposes to conduct a compliance cost assessment on each regulation repealed; and what is the estimated cost of undertaking a compliance cost
Number of residents in short stay care As at 31 March Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Wales 1990 Residential Care Homes1 21 16 6 24 3 1 19 15 105 Nursing Homes2 — — — — — — — — — 1991 Residential Care Homes1 26 13 9 21 8 5 45 22 149 Nursing Homes1 9 6 6 18 — 2 3 13 57 1992 Residential Care Homes1 35 10 3 12 2 8 56 23 149 Nursing Homes1 19 9 40 10 3 — 5 14 100 1993 Residential Care Homes1 56 16 2 14 1 3 51 37 180 Nursing Homes1 34 20 36 4 2 — 8 29 133 1994 Residential Care Homes1 41 18 5 12 3 7 48 22 156 Nursing Homes1 61 39 31 18 3 1 14 12 179 1 Excluding residents in residential care homes for people with substance misuse and in homes with fewer than four residents in total. 2 Numbers of short stay residents were not collected for nursing homes before 1991.