To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what criminal offences have been (a) created and (b) abolished by secondary legislation sponsored by his Department and its predecessor since 1 May 2008. (307806)

229 statutory instruments made by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and its predecessors, have come into force since 1 May 2009. To manually assess these to establish what criminal offences have been created or abolished would involve disproportionate cost.