HC Deb 23 January 2003 vol 398 c499W
Mrs. Calton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department(a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. [88033]

Maria Eagle

The details requested are in the table.

Session Number of negative statutory instruments that came into force Number considered by delegated legislation committee
1999–2000 (Department of Social Security) 68 2
2000–01 (Department of Social Security) 44 0
2001–02 (Department for Work and Pensions) 101 4

A further 14 instruments subject to the negative procedure came into force in the period between the end of the 1999–2000 session and the start of the 2000–01 session and a further three instruments subject to the negative procedure came into force in the period between the end of the 2000–01 session and the start of the 2001–02 session.

Where a Statutory Instrument has more than one commencement date, the first date has been used.