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Statutory Instrument Statistics

SI Statistics by Department 2003 - 2008

The following table records the number of UK Statutory Instruments made by each of the UK Government departments and other Public Authorities during 2003 - 2008. The details are split between General and Local instruments.

Table key
G General Instruments
L Local Instruments
Department/Public Authority 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 to 31 July
G L G L G L G L G L G L
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of - - - - - - - - - - 1 -
Attorney General's Department 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, Department for - - - - - - - - 52 0 84 1
Cabinet Office 1 0 2 0 6 0 1 0 8 0 7 0
Children, Schools & Families, Department for - - - - - - - - 38 25 68 25
Communications, Office of - - 2 0 5 0 12 0 16 0 7 0
Communities and Local Government, Department for - - - - - - 54 9 76 19 60 18
Constitutional Affairs, Department for 42 6 105 9 144 0 87 0 47 0 0 0
Culture, Media and Sport, Department for 26 0 29 0 47 0 56 0 62 0 19 0
Customs and Excise, H.M. 23 0 20 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defence, Ministry of 9 0 11 0 32 0 26 0 24 1 19 0
Deputy Prime Minister, Office of the 83 29 112 21 71 7 43 8 - - - -
Education and Employment, Department for - - - - - - - - - - - -
Education and Skills, Department for 130 12 100 24 110 40 84 43 100 13 0 0
Electoral Commission 0 30 0 43 0 16 0 13 0 42 0 18
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for 109 2 131 5 129 15 138 10 167 3 52 6
Environment, Transport and the Regions, Department of the - - - - - - - - - - - -
Finance and Personnel Northern Ireland, Department of 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 3 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Forestry Commission 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gas & Electricity Markets Authority, Office of - - 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
General Synod Office 4 0 3 0 7 0 0 5 5 0 3 0
Government Equalities Office - - - - - - - - 1 0 1 0
Health, Department of 194 0 158 0 143 0 137 0 102 0 87 0
Home Office 144 1 144 1 135 0 115 1 113 0 73 0
House of Commons - Journal Office 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Inland Revenue 38 0 25 0 11 0 - - - - - -
Innovation, Universities and Skills, Department for - - - - - - - - 9 1 25 1
International Development, Department for 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 5 0
Justice, Ministry of - - - - - - - - 81 1 71 0
Leader of the House of Commons, Office of 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
Lord Chancellor's Department 65 1 - - - - - - - - - -
National Assembly for Wales 210 111 188 109 189 84 219 94 93 37 0 0
National Statistics, Office of 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Ireland Office 15 0 10 0 5 0 0 0 9 0 7 0
Privy Council Office 126 0 147 0 125 2 122 0 117 0 53 0
Registry of Friendly Societies - - - - - - - - - - - -
Revenue and Customs - - - - 35 0 77 0 74 0 25 0
Scotland Office 4 0 7 0 6 0 8 0 9 0 6 0
Social Security, Department of - - - - - - - - - - - -
Solicitor's Disciplinary Tribunal - - - - - - - - 1 0 0 0
Trade and Industry, Department of 139 3 126 1 115 0 113 0 47 1 0 0
Traffic Director for London - - - - - - - - - - - -
Transport, Department for 127 1438 134 1556 134 1667 105 1682 124 1731 59 933
Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Department for - - - - - - - - - - - -
Treasury, H.M. 130 0 141 0 136 0 124 0 146 0 96 0
Wales Office 2 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 10 0 3 0
Welsh Assembly Government - - - - - - - - 122 68 125 62
Work and Pensions, Department for 93 0 73 0 163 1 112 0 85 0 70 0
Total 1721 1633 1683 1769 1767 1832 1644 1865 1742 1942 1028 1064
Total for UK SIs 3354 3452 3599 3509 3684 2092