§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of the regulations affecting businesses introduced in the last financial year originated in European legislation. [22305]
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§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 11 December 2001]: Approximately 20 per cent. of regulations introduced during the last financial year originated in European legislation.
§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of(a) the number of and (b) the financial cost to (i) small businesses, (ii) SMEs and (iii) businesses in general of regulations introduced in the last financial year. [22307]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 11 December 2001]: My Department was responsible for 127 regulations introduced in financial year 2000–01. Of these regulations 96 imposed negligible or no costs on business and 11 have reduced costs.
Where these regulations either imposed or reduced costs for business, regulatory impact assessments (RIAs) were carried out analysing these anticipated costs. These are available from the House Libraries.