Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Statutory Instruments

Question

Asked by

Baroness Byford
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many statutory instruments the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has introduced since 18 June 2007; how many created new regulations; and how many revoked or replaced existing ones. [HL5928]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Davies of Oldham)
The numbers of statutory instruments made, replaced, revoked and creating new regulations by Defra were as follows:

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|Period                         |Made1|Revoked and replaced|Replaced without revoking2|Revoked without replacing3|Entirely new regulation4|
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|18 June 2007-31 December 20075 |108  |87                  |1                         |6                         |20                      |
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|1 January 2008-31 December 2008|88   |111                 |13                        |0                         |11                      |
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|1 January 2009-31 October 2009 |72   |37                  |2                         |1                         |8                       |
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|Totals                         |268  |235                 |16                        |7                         |39                      |
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1 This includes instruments prepared by Defra, but made by another body eg the Privy Council.

2 Some statutory instruments only have a year's currency eg the Hill Farm Regulations 2009 (SI No 138) and others effectively replace an earlier instrument relating to the constitution of a board eg the Reconstitution of the Lindsey Marsh Drainage Board Order 2009 (SI No 1723).

3 This does not include measures of simplification or where new exemptions are granted.

4 This means entirely new legislation, which includes benefits (eg S.I. 2007/1671) as well as burdens, rather than “regulation” in the sense of burdens. It includes S.I.'s implementing an Act.

5 Includes instruments coming into force after 18 June 2007 though made before that date.