HC Deb 10 May 2000 vol 349 c430W
13. Mr. Nicholas Winterton

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will calculate how many regulations controlling the activities of manufacturing businesses have been passed since May 1997. [120447]

Mr. Stringer

This information is not kept in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Since August 1998, every regulation likely to have a significant impact on businesses, charities or voluntary organisations has been subject to a thorough assessment procedure. These regulatory impact assessments are placed in the Libraries of the House. The particular business sectors upon which each regulation impacts are not recorded separately.