Lord Dobbs – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Leader of the House of Lords
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Dobbs on 2016-04-11.
To ask the Leader of the House, further to her Written Answer on 17 February (HL5966), how many statutory instruments have now been laid before Parliament in the 2015–16 session to date.
Baroness Stowell of Beeston
As of 21 April, 706 UK statutory instruments had been laid before the House of Commons/Parliament in the 2015-16 session. For completeness, the numbers of statutory instruments laid in previous sessions since 1997 are detailed below:
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1997-98: 1856
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1998-99: 1479
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1999-00: 1456
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2000-01: 868
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2001-02: 1788
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2002-03: 1474
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2003-04: 1281
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2004-05: 793
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2005-06: 1885
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2006-07: 1361
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2007-08: 1319
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2008-09: 1302
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2009-10: 823
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2010-12: 1809
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2012-13: 964
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2013-14: 1173
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2014-15: 1378
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2015-16: 706 (so far in this session)