HC Deb 22 July 1999 vol 335 c650W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the President of the Council how many orders in council have been made since 1 January 1998. [92244]

Mrs. Beckett

927, up to and including the Council held on 21 July 1999. The Orders are broken down as follows:

  • Orders relating to the appointment and swearing in of Privy Councillors: 531(5.7 per cent.)
  • Orders relating to Royal Charters: 65 (7 per cent.)
  • Statutory Orders relating to domestic business: 171 (18.4 per cent.)
  • Statutory Orders relating to overseas business: 42 (4.5 per cent.)
  • Orders relating to the Channel Islands: 85 (9.2 per cent.)
  • Orders relating to University Statutes: 31 (3.3 per cent.)
  • Orders relating to appointments: 34 (3.7 per cent.)
  • Orders under the Burial Act 1853: 25 (2.7 per cent.)
  • Orders approving schemes of the Church Commissioners: 274 (29.6 per cent.)
  • Orders giving consent to Royal Marriages: 5 (0.5 per cent.)
  • Civil Service Orders: 4 (0.4 per cent.)
  • Orders approving Judicial Committee reports: 129 (13.9 per cent.)
  • Sealing Orders for Proclamations: 6 (0.6 per cent.)
  • Prorogation of Parliament: 1 (0.1 per cent.)
  • Orders on ecclesiastical matters: 1 (0.1 per cent.)
  • Orders relating to the Royal Navy: 1 (0.1 per cent.)
  • 1 This does not equate to the number of new Privy Councillors, since some Councillors are appointed by Order and sworn in at a subsequent Council. In such cases there will be two Orders.