§ 12. Mr. PriskTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the(a) level and (b) cost of regulations imposed on small businesses by her Department since 1997. [123231]
§ Nigel GriffithsThere is no established method of assessing the precise level or cost of imposing or removing regulations on SMES, either before 1997 or after. The latest 2002 figures indicate a reduction in new Statutory Instruments over 1996–97.