HL Deb 01 March 2004 vol 658 cc88-90WA
Viscount Goschen

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What they estimate to be the cost to business of new regulations introduced in each year since 1997; and how those figures are calculated. [HL1332]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

The information required is not held in the form requested. All regulatory proposals likely to impact on business are subject to regulatory impact assessment (RIA). RIAs are published and placed in the Libraries of the House. In addition a series of Command Papers list RIAs for each six-month period, the most recent being No 5981.

RIAs contain a wide range of information on the costs and benefits of each proposal.