To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many regulatory impact assessments his Department has conducted in the last 12 months. (191272)

Information on the final regulatory impact assessments published between 1 January and 30 June 2007 can be found in Command Paper 7297, available at:

http://bre.berr.gov.uk/regulation/ria/regulatory_reporting/index.asp

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was created on 28 June 2007. Since then six impact assessments have been completed. This figure includes impact assessments conducted by the National Weights and Measures Laboratory and the Intellectual Property Office, as agencies of the Department.

From April 2008, all final impact assessments will be published on a central website.