HC Deb 28 October 1999 vol 336 c987W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will make a statement on the(a) budget, (b) size and (c) function of the Regulatory Impact Unit. [95305]

Marjorie Mowlam

For the financial year 1999–2000 the Regulatory Impact Unit has a budget of £1,950,000. Fifty-three staff are currently employed in the Unit, of whom two are part-time and four are seconded from outside the civil service.

On the function of the Regulatory Impact Unit, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I have to my hon. Friend the Member for Crosby (Mrs. Curtis-Thomas) on 21 October 1999, Official Report, columns 649–50.