Written question asked by Lord Patten (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Vadera (Labour) on Monday, 25 February 2008.

Regulatory Reform

Question: asked Her Majesty's Government:Which regulations they have reformed since the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform was established; and on which dates those reforms took place.

Answer: Information on which regulations have been simplified or removed since May 2005 is provided in a report entitled Delivering Simplification Plans which was deposited in the House of Lords Library on 11 December 2007. The report shows that 288 measures were made to reform regulations between May 2005 and December 2007. The 288 measures deliver a total of £1.5 billion of regulatory savings across the private, public and third sectors. A year-by-year analysis of the savings delivered by these measures is provided in the report. The report gives a summary of the significant measures that have been introduced to date, but full details of each measure and when it was introduced can be found in departmental simplification plans online at www.bre.berr.gov.uk/regulation/reform/simplifying/individual.asp.

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