§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 15 March 2004,Official Report, column 43W, on regulatory impact assessments, how many regulatory impact assessments were issued by the Small Business Service in each year since their inception, with particular reference to the Evaluation of Regulatory Impact Assessments Compendium Report 2003–04, March 2004, Pages 25–26. [165110]
§ Nigel GriffithsIn respect of the previous answer, I was advised that the Small Business Service had not issued any regulatory impact assessment. However, I have subsequently discovered that it has issued one assessment which related to the transposition into UK law of EC Directive 2000/35/EC on combating late payment in commercial transactions.