Regulatory Impact Unit

HC Deb 05 July 2002 vol 388 cc616-7W

Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many members of her Department have been employed in its regulatory impact unit in the past five years; and if she will make a statement. [65970]

Clare Short

The Department for International Development is not involved in regulatory activity, and does not therefore have a regulatory impact unit. The Department does, however, systematically seek to assess the impact of its policies and programmes on the reduction of poverty in developing countries.