Written question asked by Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 16 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 January 2003. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 January 2003 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. - Inc table.

Answer: Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Statutory Instruments subject to negative procedure made by his Department (a) came into force and (b) were considered by a delegated legislation committee in each of the last three sessions. [88028] Hilary Benn: Details of the Statutory Instruments (SIs) made each session by Home Office Ministers, which came into force, are not held and such information could not be made available other than at disproportionate cost. However, statistics on the number of negative instruments made by Home Office Ministers each year, are kept. The numbers for negative instruments for each of the past three years are as follows, none have been annulled. Negative instruments _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of SIs made 2000 73 2001 61 20021 60 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Provisional figure The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments considers all negative Statutory Instruments once they have been made.

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