§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 4 March 2002,Official Report, columns 42–45W, on statutory instruments, what assessment he has made of the cost effectiveness of each of the statutory instruments listed. [50014]
§ Angela EagleCosts associated with regulatory proposals are considered at the policy development stage. A regulatory impact assessment (RIA) is completed for regulatory proposals unless there are no or negligible costs, and sets out the impact, in terms of costs, benefits and risks of the proposed regulation which could affect businesses, charities or the voluntary sector. RIAs are available from the Library.