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Statutory Instrument Statistics

SI Statistics by Department 1999 - 2002

The following table records the number of UK Statutory Instruments made by each of the UK Government departments and other Public Authorities during 1999 - 2002. The details are split between General and Local instruments.

Table key
G General Instruments
L Local Instruments
Department/Public Authority 1999 2000 2001 2002
G L G L G L G L
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of 110 5 87 38 65 232 - -
Attorney General’s Department 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, Department for - - - - - - - -
Cabinet Office 2 0 3 0 1 0 2 0
Children, Schools & Families, Department for - - - - - - - -
Communications, Office of - - - - - - - -
Communities and Local Government, Department for - - - - - - - -
Constitutional Affairs, Department for - - - - - - - -
Culture, Media and Sport, Department for 22 0 16 1 16 0 29 0
Customs and Excise, H.M. 14 0 9 0 20 0 25 0
Defence, Ministry of 3 0 17 0 10 0 10 0
Deputy Prime Minister, Office of the - - - - - - 38 16
Education and Employment, Department for 206 25 150 14 85 6 - -
Education and Skills, Department for - - - - 95 5 160 8
Electoral Commission - - - - - - 0 66
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for - - - - 78 141 124 2
Environment, Transport and the Regions, Department of the 243 1404 294 1472 132 716 - -
Finance and Personnel Northern Ireland, Department of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 4 0 7 0 4 0 5 0
Forestry Commission 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gas & Electricity Markets Authority, Office of - - - - - - - -
General Synod Office 6 0 6 0 4 0 3 0
Health, Department of 166 0 216 0 403 0 393 1
Home Office 108 9 136 3 121 1 117 2
House of Commons - Journal Office 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inland Revenue 29 0 39 0 27 0 21 0
Innovation, Universities and Skills, Department for - - - - - - - -
International Development, Department for 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Justice, Ministry of - - - - - - - -
Leader of the House of Commons, Office of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lord Chancellor's Department 104 12 110 13 137 14 59 3
National Assembly for Wales 16 27 114 103 241 91 197 117
National Statistics, Office of 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Ireland Office 0 0 0 0 20 0 7 0
Privy Council Office 140 1 134 0 117 1 121 0
Registry of Friendly Societies 5 0 1 0 - - - -
Revenue and Customs - - - - - - - -
Scotland Office 161 90 5 0 10 0 4 0
Social Security, Department of 89 0 106 0 71 0 - -
Trade and Industry, Department of 169 0 134 0 124 0 127 0
Traffic Director for London 1 56 0 22 - - - -
Transport, Department for - - - - - - 72 623
Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Department for - - - - 113 819 84 644 0 0
Treasury, H.M. 95 1 112 0 187 3 91 0
Wales Office 84 64 1 0 4 0 3 0
Welsh Assembly Government - - - - - - - -
Work and Pensions, Department for - - - - 36 0 96 0
Total 1782 1694 1699 1666 2122 2029 1789 1482
Total for UK SIs 3476 0 3365 0 4151 0 3271 0