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Departmental Legislation

Volume 448: debated on Wednesday 5 July 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what legislation has been introduced by his Department in each year since 1996, broken down by type; and whether Royal Assent was given in the case of each Bill. (74597)

The following is a list of all Government Bills and Private Member's/Peer's Bills on Home Office subjects that have received Royal Assent since the beginning of the 1995-96 session.

Royal Assent received during the 1995-96 session

Wild Mammals (Protection) Act

Prevention of Terrorism (Additional Powers) Act

Law Reform (Year and a Day Rule) Act

Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act

Sexual Offences (Conspiracy and Incitement) Act

Offensive Weapons Act

Security Service Act

Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act

Hong Kong (War Wives and Widows) Act

Prisoners' Earnings Act

Asylum and Immigration Act

Royal Assent received during the 1996-97 session

Theft (Amendment) Act

Horserace Totalisator Board Act

Firearms (Amendment) Act

Knives Act

British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act

Crime (Sentences) Act

Police Act

Police and Firemen's Pensions Act

Protection from Harassment Act

Sex Offenders Act

Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Act

Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Act

Prisons (Alcohol Testing) Act

Criminal Evidence (Amendment) Act

Police (Health and Safety) Act

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act

Police (Property) Act

Police (Insurance of Voluntary Assistants) Act

Dangerous Dogs Amendment Act

Royal Assent received during the 1997-98 session

Firearms (Amendment) (No.2) Act

Special Immigration Appeals Commission Act

Criminal Justice (International Co-Operation) Act

Data Protection Act

Crime and Disorder Act

Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act

Human Rights Act

Registration of Political Parties Act

Royal Assent received during the 1998-99 session

European Parliamentary Elections Act

Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act

Football (Offences and Disorder) Act

Criminal Cases Review (Insanity) Act

Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act

Immigration and Asylum Act

Royal Assent received during the 1999-2000 session

Representation of the People Act

Terrorism Act

Football (Disorder) Act

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

Licensing (Young Persons) Act

Disqualifications Act

Freedom of Information Act

Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act

Race Relations (Amendment) Act

Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act

Criminal Justice and Court Services Act

Royal Assent received during the 2000-01 session

Vehicles (Crime) Act

Election Publications Act

Elections Act

Criminal Justice and Police Act

House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Act

Private Security Industry Act

Royal Assent received during the 2001-02 session

Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act

Football Disorder (Amendment) Act

Proceeds of Crime Act

Police Reform Act

Mobile Telephones (Reprogramming) Act

Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act

Royal Assent received during the 2002-03 session

Criminal Justice Act

Sexual Offences Act

Crime (International Co-operation) Act

Extradition Act

Antisocial behaviour Act

Female Genital Mutilation Act.

Royal Assent received during the 2003-04 session.

Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act

Domestic Violence, Crime & Victims Act

Royal Assent received during the 2004-05 session

Prevention of Terrorism Act

Serious Organised Crime and Police Act

Drugs Act

Royal Assent received during the 2005-06 session

Racial & Religious Hatred Act

Identity Cards Act

Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Act

Terrorism Act

The following Bills on Home Office subjects are currently before Parliament:

The Charities Bill

The Fraud Bill

The Police and Justice Bill

The Violent Crime Reduction Bill

The following table lists the number of statutory instruments, Orders in Council and local orders made by the Home Office in each year since 1996:

SIs, Orders in Council, and Local Orders 1996 to 2006 (up to 25 May 2006)

Statutory Instruments

Orders in Council

Local Orders

Total

1996

77

24

10

111

1997

135

48

8

191

1998

97

28

15

140

1999

90

14

9

113

2000

126

21

5

152

2001

118

18

2

138

2002

136

11

0

147

2003

146

10

1

157

2004

145

1

1

147

2005

127

3

1

131

2006

37

1

1

39

Total

1,466