HL Deb 22 March 2004 vol 659 c86WA
Viscount Goschen

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What would be the cost of estimating the cost to business of new regulations introduced in each year since 1997; and how that figure is calculated. [HL1856]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

In order to obtain the information requested by Viscount Goschen the Cabinet Office would have to ask each government department to examine every regulatory impact assessment it has produced since 1997. This would require considerable resources and so I regret that the information required could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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