Departmental Legislation Mr. Galley asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many Acts of Parliament have been promoted and how many Statutory Instruments made by his Department, or predecessor Departments covering his areas of responsibility, in each of the last 20 years. Mr. Fowler The numbers are as follows: ------- |Year*| ------- |1965 | ------- |1966 | ------- |1967 | ------- |1968 | ------- |1969 | ------- |1970 | ------- |1971 | ------- |1972 | ------- |1973 | ------- |1974 | ------- |1975 | ------- |1976 | ------- |1977 | ------- |1978 | ------- |1979 | ------- |1980 | ------- |1981 | ------- |1982 | ------- |1983 | ------- |1984 | -------