Regulatory Impact Unit

HC Deb 17 July 2002 vol 389 c396W

Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of his Department have been employed in its regulatory impact unit in the past five years; and if he will make a statement. [65971]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth

Home Office departmental responsibility for regulatory impacts is located in the Performance, Delivery and Strategy Unit.

A breakdown of the numbers of staff employed, in each financial year, on regulatory impact matters is as follows:

1997–98 (1 April 1997–31 March 1998):

1998–99 (1 April 1998–31 March 1999): 2

1999–2000 (1 April 1999–31 March 2000): 2

2000–01 (1 April 2000–31 March 2001): 2

2001–02 (1 April 2001–31 March 2002): 1.

The Performance, Delivery and Strategy Unit regulatory impact co-ordinator works closely with the officials responsible for developing policies within the Home Office and with the Cabinet Office Regulatory Impact Unit.