To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many regulatory impact assessments his Department has conducted in the last 12 months. (191260)

The Northern Ireland Office has conducted three regulatory impact assessments in the last 12 months:

1. Draft Criminal Justice Order 2008;

2. PSNI (Conduct) (Amendment) Regulations 2008; and

3. The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Registration) Regulations (Northern Ireland). Although this is a 1997 policy it has not yet been implemented.