HC Deb 18 April 2002 vol 383 cc1037-8W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to her answer of 8 March 2002,Official Report, columns 574–76W, on statutory instruments, what assessment she has made of the cost effectiveness of each of the statutory instruments listed. [50325]

Mr. Caborn

Of the statutory instruments listed, a regulatory impact assessment (RIA) was published for the Regulatory Reform (Special Occasions Licensing) Order 2001. Copies were placed in the Libraries of both Houses on 28 June 2001. The text can also be viewed on the following website at: www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/regulation/act/made2.htm#Special as Annex C to the Explanatory Document.

RIAs were not required for the other statutory instruments and an assessment of the cost effectiveness of each could only be provided at disproportionate cost.