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Mr. Galley
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many Acts of Parliament have been promoted and how many Statutory Instruments made by his Department, or predecessor Departments covering his areas of responsibility, in each of the last 20 years.
Mr. Fowler
The numbers are as follows:
| Year* | Acts† | SIs‡ |
| 1965 | 6 | 51 |
| 1966 | 3 | 92 |
| 1967 | 6 | 85 |
| 1968 | 4 | 82 |
| 1969 | 4 | 88 |
| 1970 | 5 | 71 |
| 1971 | 3 | 121 |
| 1972 | 6 | 93 |
| 1973 | 5 | 155 |
| 1974 | 3 | 152 |
| 1975 | 9 | 134 |
| 1976 | 5 | 97 |
| 1977 | 3 | 140 |
| 1978 | 2 | 108 |
| 1979 | 6 | 101 |
| 1980 | 7 | 132 |
| 1981 | 3 | 100 |
| 1982 | 4 | 145 |
| 1983 | 5 | 125 |
| 1984 | 4 | 132 |
| * The particulars relate to the Ministry of Health (1965 to 1968), the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance (1965 to 1966) the Ministry of Social Security (1966 to 1968) and the Department of Health and Social Security (1968 to 1984). | ||
| † Where particular responsibilities were transferred from other Departments the numbers above do not include Acts passed or instruments made before the date of transfer. | ||
| ‡ A small number of Acts resulting from Private Members' Bills, on matters for which the Ministries or Department mentioned in Note 1 were responsible, is included in the particulars in column (2). | ||