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General Statutory Instruments made by UK Government Departments and Authorities 1999 - 2008

Heading 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 to 31 July
Acquisition of Land - - - - - 1 1 - 1 -
Acquisition of Land, E - - - - 1 1 1 1 - 1
Acquisition of Land, E & W - - - - - 3 - - 2 -
Acquisition of Land, W - - - - - - - - 1 -
Adults with Incapacity - - - - - - 2 - - -
Aggregates Levy - - 2 4 3 2 - - 2 1
Agriculture 43 8 15 6 8 11 7 3 2 2
Agriculture, E - 15 20 16 11 19 16 19 14 8
Agriculture, E & W 2 2 4 2 2 3 3 4 4 1
Agriculture, NI - - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 -
Agriculture, S - - - - - - 1 - - -
Agriculture, W 1 - 1 - - - - 1 4 -
Ancient Monuments, W - - - 1 - - - - - -
Animal Health - - - - - 1 - - - -
Animals 7 15 14 2 - - - 2 3 1
Animals, E 1 - 49 33 28 12 19 26 46 9
Animals, E & W 2 4 1 - 2 - 1 1 1 -
Animals, W - 1 - 1 - - - - 16 -
Animals, NI - - 5 - - - - - - -
Anti-Social Behaviour - - - - - - 2 - - -
Antarctica - 1 - 1 1 1 - - - -
Arbitration 1 - - - - - - - - -
Architects - - - 1 - 1 - - - 1
Arms and Ammunition - 2 - 1 1 - 1 - 2 -
Armorial Bearings, Ensigns and Flags - - - - - - - - - 1
Atomic Energy and Radioactive Substances - - - 1 5 4 5 1 - -
Atomic Energy and Radioactive Substances E & W - - - - - - - 2 - -
Auditors - - - - - - - - - 2
Bankruptcy 1 - - - - - - - - -
Bankruptcy, S - - - - 1 - - - - -
Banks and Banking 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 - 1 4
Bee Diseases, E - - - - - - - 1 - -
Bee Diseases, W - - - - - - - 1 - -
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries 5 9 9 12 3 3 11 19 38 5
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries, E & W - - - 1 1 - - 1 6 1
British Nationality - - 1 1 6 2 2 2 4 2
British Overseas Territories - - - 1 - - - - - -
Broadcasting 6 2 2 - 13 16 4 9 4 4
Building and Buildings 1 - - - - - - - - -
Building and Buildings, E & W - 3 2 3 3 4 - 3 4 2
Building Societies 6 1 2 - 1 3 - - 2 3
Business Names - - 2 - - - - - 2 -
Canals and Inland Waterways - - - - - - - - 1 -
Canals and Inland Waterways, E - - - - - - 1 1 - -
Canals and Inland Waterways, E & W - 1 - 1 - - - - - -
Capital Gains Tax - - - - - - 5 12 9 8
Caribbean and North Atlantic Territories - 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 -
Census, E & W 4 - - - - - - - - -
Channel Islands 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
Channel Tunnel - 3 3 1 2 2 - 2 4 -
Charities 2 5 2 2 1 2 4 2 7 3
Charities, E & W - - - - - - - - 1 1
Chemical Weapons - 1 - - - 1 1 - - -
Child Trust Funds - - - - - 1 8 3 - -
Child Trust Funds, NI - - - - - - 1 - - -
Children and Young Persons 4 3 3 1 3 5 4 2 - -
Children and Young Persons, E - 3 16 10 12 7 28 9 30 22
Children and Young Persons, E & W - 10 10 4 10 5 14 3 6 11
Children and Young Persons, NI - - - - 1 - - - 1 5
Children and Young Persons, W - - - - - - - - 1 -
Chiropractors 6 8 1 3 - 2 - 1 - -
Christmas Day Trading - - - - - 1 - - - -
Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons - - - 1 - - - - - -
Cinemas and Films 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 6 2 1
Civil Aviation 23 18 21 8 8 13 6 8 14 6
Civil Aviation, E - 1 - - - - 2 - - -
Civil Aviation, S 0 - - - - - - 1 - -
Civil Contingencies - - - - - 1 4 - - -
Civil Partnership - - - - - - 25 2 - -
Civil Partnership, E & S - - - - - - 1 - - -
Civil Partnership, E & W - - - - - - 8 1 - -
Civil Partnership, NI - - - - - - 4 1 - -
Clean Air 1 1 - - - - - - - -
Clean Air, E - - 2 1 1 - 2 3 2 2
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery 1 1 - 1 1 - - - - 1
Climate Change Levy - 1 10 1 7 - 4 5 3 1
Coal Industry - - - - - 2 - - - -
Coast Protection, E - - - 1 - - - - - -
Coinage 1 - - - - - 1 - - -
Commercial Property - - - - - - - 2 - -
Common Investment Funds 1 - - - - - - - - -
Commonhold, E & W - - - - 1 3 - - - 1
Commons, E - - - - 1 - - 2 11 2
Commons, W - - - - - - - - 3 -
Community Charges, E - 1 1 - - - - - - -
Community Charges, E & W 1 - - - - - - - - -
Companies 8 8 7 13 9 7 18 5 21 26
Companies, E & W - - 1 - 1 1 - - 1 -
Compensation - - - - - - - 1 - -
Compensation, E - - - - - - - - 1 1
Competition 8 12 5 2 18 15 12 6 3 1
Constitutional Law 71 20 18 13 14 18 13 21 30 8
Constitutional Law, W - - - - 1 - - - - -
Consumer Credit 3 3 1 - 1 7 - 3 6 3
Consumer Protection 6 8 1 8 29 15 12 12 10 6
Consumer Protection, E & W - - - - - - - 4 5 1
Continental Shelf 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
Contracting Out 2 2 3 4 3 1 1 2 - -
Contracting Out, E & W - - - - - - 1 - - -
Contracts 1 3 - - - 1 - - - -
Contracts, E & W - - - 3 - - - - - -
Contracts, NI - - - 1 - - - - - -
Control of Fuel and Electricity - 8 - - - - - - - -
Cooperative Societies - - - - - - - 1 - -
Copyright 3 - - 1 7 - 4 4 3 2
Coroners 3 - 3 4 2 5 1 2 2 -
Coroners, E& W 2 - - - - - 1 1 - 1
Corporation Tax - - - - 1 - 24 41 51 30
Council Tax, E 1 6 2 1 11 5 4 4 1 4
Council Tax, E & W 7 - - - - - - - - 1
Council Tax, S 2 1 - - - - - - - -
Countryside 1 1 1 - - - - - 1 -
Countryside, E - - - - - - 6 3 5 1
Countryside, E & W - - - - - - - - 1 -
Countryside Agency 1 1 - 1 - - - - - -
Countryside, E - 6 3 2 4 6 3 - - -
Countryside, S - - - - 1 - - - - -
County Courts 17 16 - - 1 - - - 1 -
County Courts, E & W - 16 15 4 17 17 22 9 13 4
County Courts, NI - - - - 1 - - - - -
Court of Sessions, S 8 - - - - - - - - -
Courts-Martial (Appeals) - 1 - - - - 3 - 2 -
Cremation, E & W - 1 - - - - - 1 - -
Criminal Law - - 4 6 8 11 13 5 10 4
Criminal Law, E 1 - - - - 1 - - 2 -
Criminal Law, E & W 24 21 26 21 8 42 29 12 21 9
Criminal Law, NI 1 8 6 5 - 11 6 5 7 9
Criminal Law, S 9 5 3 1 1 1 1 - - -
Criminal Law, W - - - - - - - - 1 -
Criminal Procedure - 1 - - - - - - - -
Criminal Procedure, E & W - - 2 1 - - - - - 1
Criminal Procedure, NI - - - - - - - - - 1
Crown Proceedings - - - - - - 1 - - -
Cultural Objects - - 1 - - - - - 1 2
Currency and Banknotes 1 - - - - - - 1 - -
Customs - - - - - - 1 12 6 4
Customs and Excise 21 17 19 22 21 28 8 - 2 1
Customs and Excise, E & W - - - - - - 1 - - -
Customs and Excise, NI - - - - - - 1 - - -
Damages - - - 1 - - - - 2 -
Damages, E & W - - 1 1 - - 4 - - -
Damages, NI - - 1 - - - 4 - - -
Dangerous Drugs 3 3 5 - 6 1 9 3 1 2
Dangerous Drugs, E & W - - - - - - - 2 1 -
Dangerous Drugs, S - - - - - - - 2 1 -
Dangerous Drugs, E, S - - - - - - - 2 - -
Data Protection - 17 2 2 - 1 4 1 - 2
Deep Sea Mining - 1 - - - - - - - -
Defamation 1 1 - - - - - - - -
Defence 5 4 6 7 8 7 19 19 19 15
Dentists 1 - 1 6 2 2 1 - - 1
Dentists, E - - 1 - - - - - - -
Deregulation 4 - - 3 - - - - - -
Deregulation, E & W - 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Derelict Land - 1 - - - - - 1 - -
Designs 4 2 5 - 1 1 2 6 2 1
Development Board for Rural Wales 1 - - - - - - - - -
Development Commission 1 - - - - - - - - -
Development Commission, E & W - 1 - - - - - - - -
Devolution - - 1 - 1 - - - - -
Devolution, E - - - - - 1 - - - -
Devolution, NI - - 1 - - 1 - - - -
Devolution, S 49 14 10 9 6 11 10 14 12 5
Devolution, W 15 4 4 1 1 2 1 2 17 3
Diplomatic Service 2 1 1 2 2 - 3 1 3 1
Disabled Persons 16 22 14 23 12 15 15 12 9 6
Disabled Persons, E - - - - - - 1 - - -
Disabled Persons, E & W - 2 - - - 2 - - 1 -
Disabled Persons, S - 1 - - - - - - - -
Disclosure of Information - - - - 2 1 - 1 2 4
Distress 3 - - - - - - - - -
Distress, E & W - 2 - - 2 - - - - -
Doctors - - - - 6 10 9 1 - -
Dogs, E - - - - - - - 3 - -
Ecclesiastical Law - - - - - - 1 - - -
Ecclesiastical Law, E 6 7 4 3 5 3 6 6 5 3
Ecclesiastical Law, E & W - - - - - - - - - 1
Education - 2 1 3 - 2 6 1 2 1
Education, E 95 91 126 119 103 72 52 60 107 60
Education, E & W 128 41 35 32 16 16 15 14 6 7
Education, NI - 1 - 2 - - 2 1 1 3
Education, S 12 1 1 1 - 2 - - - -
Education, W 10 - 4 4 1 - - 2 3 -
Electoral Commission - - 3 1 - - - 2 - -
Electricity 1 8 18 8 4 9 10 6 5 4
Electricity, E - - 2 - - 1 - - - -
Electricity, E & W - 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 -
Electricity, S - - - - 1 - 1 - - -
Electromagnetic Compatibility - - - - - - 1 2 - -
Electronic Communications - 1 - 10 22 20 12 20 25 8
Emergency Powers - 4 - - - - - - - -
Employment - - - - - 1 2 6 2 1
Employment Agencies, etc - - - - 1 - - - 1 -
Employment and Training - - 2 2 6 6 2 5 4 4
Employment and Training, E - 3 - - - - - - 1 -
Employment and Training, E & W - 2 1 - - - - - 1 -
Employment Tribunals - 2 2 - - 3 3 - 1 -
Employment Tribunals, E & W - - 2 - - - - - - -
Employment Tribunals, S - - 2 1 - - - - - -
Energy - - - - - 1 - - 3 1
Energy, E & W - - - - 1 - - - - -
Energy Conservation 3 2 2 - 2 1 2 1 2 -
Energy Conservation, E - - - 1 2 1 1 1 - -
Environmental Protection 12 8 6 10 8 16 11 10 17 11
Environmental Protection, E 1 3 5 7 5 7 6 16 8 3
Environmental Protection, E & W - 4 4 6 4 6 13 6 8 1
Environmental Protection, NI - - - - - 1 1 1 2 -
Environmental Protection, S - - - - - - - - 1 -
Environmental Protection, W - - 1 - - - - - 1 1
Equal Opportunities - 1 - - 1 1 - - - -
Equal Opportunities And Human Rights - - - - - - - 1 5 -
Equality - - - - - - - - 2 -
Estate Agents - - - - - - - - 1 3
European Communities 12 7 8 7 8 17 4 5 12 5
European Communities, E - - 1 - - - - - - 1
European Communities, W - - 1 - - - - 1 - -
European Parliament 1 - - - - - - - - -
Evidence - - 1 - - 1 - - - 1
Exchequer 2 - - - - - - - - -
Excise - - - - - - 7 20 19 5
Export and Investment Guarantees - 1 - - 1 - - - - -
Extradition 1 1 3 8 18 2 4 2 1 1
Family Law 9 15 8 4 10 2 4 1 2 3
Family Law, E & W - 1 6 2 - - 7 2 - 2
Family Law, NI - - 2 - - - 3 - - -
Family Law, S - - 1 - - - - - - -
Family Proceedings 3 1 - - 2 - 7 2 3 -
Family Proceedings, E & W - 3 3 - 3 3 10 2 6 2
Farriers - - - - - - - - - 1
Fees 2 1 - - - - 2 1 - 1
Fees and Charges 6 3 3 7 7 9 5 3 3 6
Financial Services 9 1 7 - 2 - 1 2 4 -
Financial Services and Markets - 1 88 15 19 14 21 11 19 11
Fire Precautions 1 - - - 1 - - - - -
Fire and Rescue Services - - - - - 1 1 1 2 -
Fire and Rescue Services, E - - - - - 3 1 7 3 4
Fire and Rescue Services, E & S - - - - - - 1 - - -
Fire and Rescue Services, S - - - - - 2 - - - -
Fire Services, E & W - - 1 - - 2 - - - -
Fireworks - - - - 2 3 - - - -
Fish Farming 2 - - - - - - - - 1
Fish Farming, E - - 1 - - - - - 1 -
Food 24 5 3 3 3 9 8 10 5 3
Food, E - - 13 22 29 7 21 12 27 12
Food, E and S - - - - 1 - - - - -
Food, E & W 3 4 - 1 - - - 1 - -
Food, S - - - - - - - - 1 -
Food, W - - - - - - - - 7 -
Forestry, E & W 1 - - 1 - - - 1 - -
Freedom of Information - - 1 4 3 10 6 - - 2
Friendly Societies 1 2 3 - - - 2 - - 2
Gas 4 9 7 5 3 5 7 3 3 4
Geneva Conventions 3 - - 1 - - - - - -
Gender Recognition - - - - - - 3 1 1 1
Gender Recognition, E & W - - - - - - 2 - - -
Gender Recognition, NI - - - - - - 2 - - -
Government Resources and Accounts - 2 - 1 5 4 2 2 1 3
Government Trading Funds 3 1 3 3 3 2 4 1 1 4
Hallmark - - - 1 - - - - 3 -
Harbours, Docks, Piers and Ferries 2 - - 1 - - - 1 - 1
Health and Personal Social Services, NI - 4 1 - - - - - 2 1
Health and Safety 22 8 9 15 9 8 20 9 14 5
Health and Safety, NI - 1 - - - - - - - -
Health Care and Associated Professions - 1 2 10 22 28 20 19 20 10
Health Care and Associated Professions, S - - - - - 1 - - - -
Health Professions - - - 1 2 - - - - -
High Court of Judiciary, S 5 - - - - - - - - -
Highways - - - - - - - - 1 -
Highways, E - 6 4 6 5 7 5 3 12 2
Highways, E & W 5 - - - - - - 1 1 -
Highways, W - - - - - - - - 2 -
Hong Kong 1 - - 2 - - - - - -
Horticulture - - - - - 1 - - - -
Horticulture, E & W - - - - 1 - - - - -
Housing - - 1 - 3 1 6 1 2 1
Housing, E 8 10 13 12 8 9 16 27 10 4
Housing, E & W - 1 3 1 - - 1 1 13 3
Housing, NI - 1 - - - - - 1 - 1
Housing, S 5 2 2 2 - - - 1 - 1
Hovercraft - - - - - - - 1 - -
Human Fertilisation and Embryology - - 1 - 1 1 - - 1 -
Human Rights and Equal Opportunities 5 - - - - - - - - -
Human Rights - 1 4 - - 1 1 1 - -
Human Tissue - - - - - - 3 2 1 -
Human Tissue, E & W - - - - - - - 4 - -
Human Tissue, NI - - - - - - - 4 - -
Identity Cards - - - - - - - 1 - -
Immigration 3 31 15 24 42 29 30 28 28 26
Immigration, E 2 - - - - - - - - -
Immigration, E & W - - - - - - - - 1 -
Immigration, NI - - - - - - - - 1 -
Immigration and Asylum - 3 5 3 1 5 3 - - -
Immigration and Asylum, NI - - - - - - 1 - 1 -
Immigration and Asylum, S - - - - - - 1 - - -
Income Tax 43 52 36 27 40 40 59 68 54 28
Industrial Development - 2 - 1 1 - - - 1 1
Industrial Organisation and Development 2 1 - 2 1 1 - - - -
Industrial and Provident Societies 2 2 3 - 2 1 - 3 - -
Inheritance Tax 6 7 2 5 2 3 5 2 1 2
Injuries in War Compensation 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
Inquiries - - - - - - 1 1 - -
Insider Dealing - 1 - 1 - - - - - -
Insolvency 4 1 3 6 11 10 5 3 5 3
Insolvency, E & W - - 9 7 2 3 5 3 3 2
Insolvency, S - - 2 3 3 - - 3 1 1
Insurance 3 5 1 - - 3 1 - - 3
Insurance Premium Tax - 1 1 - 2 2 2 2 1 1
Intellectual Property - - - - - 1 - 5 1 -
International Criminal Court - - 4 - - 2 - - - -
International Criminal Court, E & W - - 1 1 - - - - - -
International Criminal Court, NI - - 1 1 - - - - - -
International Development - - - 3 4 1 - 6 1 5
International Immunities and Privileges 6 3 8 4 2 3 6 5 - -
International Organisation and Development - 1 - - - - - - - -
International Tribunals - - - - - - - - 1 -
Investigatory Powers 7 14 4 5 6 2 3 2 5 1
Isle of Man 1 - - - - - - - - -
Judgments - 1 2 - 1 - - - 1 -
Judgments, E & W - - 1 - - - 2 - - -
Judgments, NI - - 1 - - - 1 - - -
Judicial Appointments and Discipline - - - - - - 1 4 2 1
Judicial Appointments and Removals, NI - - - - - - 2 1 - -
Judicial Committee 2 3 - - 2 - 1 - - 1
Judicial Independence - - - - - - - - 1 -
Justices of the Peace, E & W 5 8 6 2 2 1 5 2 3 -
Justices of The Peace, NI - - 1 - - - - - - -
Land Authority for Wales 1 - - - - - - - 1 -
Land Charges, E - - - - - - - 1 - -
Land Charges, E & W - - - - 1 - 1 - - -
Land Drainage 1 - - - - 1 - - - -
Land Drainage, E - - - - - 3 - 1 - -
Land Drainage, E & W - - - - - - 1 - - -
Land Registration, E & W 3 7 3 1 14 2 4 1 1 6
Landfill Tax 2 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 2
Landlord and Tenant, E 2 2 1 6 12 7 3 1 4 -
Landlord and Tenant, E & W 3 - - - 2 2 - 1 - -
Landlord and Tenant, W - - - - 1 - - - 1 -
Lands Tribunal, E & W - 1 - 1 1 - - 1 - -
Landmines 1 2 1 - - - - - - -
Legal Aid and Advice - - 1 - - - - - - -
Legal Aid and Advice, E & W 23 13 12 3 1 - 2 - 1 -
Legal Aid and Advice, S 5 - - - - - - - - -
Legal Profession 1 1 - - - - - - - -
Legal Profession, E & W 1 2 3 - - 2 1 - 1 1
Legal Profession, NI - 1 1 - - 2 - - - 1
Legal Services Commission, E & W - 8 19 7 10 10 11 10 14 7
Legal Services Commission, NI - - - - - - - - 1 -
Legal Services 2 2 - - - - - - - -
Legal Services, E & W 3 - 5 2 3 4 4 2 - 7
Libraries 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 - -
Licenses and Licensing - - - - 1 4 17 1 4 -
Licensing (Alcohol) - - - - 2 - - - - -
Licensing (Liquor) - - 4 - - - 1 - - -
Limited Liability Partnerships - - - - - - - - 1 3
Local Authorities, E - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Local Government - - - - 2 3 4 1 2 1
Local Government, E 6 29 42 17 23 21 11 20 18 15
Local Government, E & W 28 2 6 7 4 11 2 3 3 7
Local Government, S 4 - 1 - - 1 - - 2 -
Local Government, W 2 2 1 1 - 1 - - - 1
London Government 3 76 9 5 7 4 3 2 5 8
Lord Chancellor - - - - - - - 5 2 -
Lord Chief Justice - - - - - - - 2 1 -
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland - - - - - - - - 1 -
Magistrates' Courts 17 8 2 3 1 4 3 1 1 -
Magistrates' Courts, E & W 5 5 22 5 12 20 24 6 14 3
Maintenance of Dependants 1 - 3 4 1 1 - - 3 2
Marine Pollution 2 2 2 - - - 1 2 - -
Marriage, E & W - - - - 1 - - - 1 -
Medical Profession 3 12 2 2 1 - - - - -
Medical Profession, E - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Medical Profession, E & W - 2 - - - - - - - -
Medical Profession, E, W & S - - - - - - 1 - - -
Medical Profession, NI - 1 - - - - - - - -
Medicines 6 15 12 10 11 17 21 13 5 7
Mental Capacity - - - - - - - - 1 -
Mental Capacity, E - - - - - - - 4 1 3
Mental Capacity, E & W - - - - - - - - 9 -
Mental Health - - - - 1 - 1 - - -
Mental Health, E - - - - - - - - - 3
Mental Health, E & W - 1 - 3 1 1 5 1 5 4
Merchant Shipping 25 11 10 9 17 22 7 11 3 3
Metropolitan and City Police Districts - 2 - - 3 2 - 1 1 -
Ministers of the Crown 7 1 4 4 3 - 2 4 5 2
Mobile Homes, E - - - - - - - 2 - -
Monopolies and Mergers 2 - - - - - - - - -
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency - 1 - - - - - - - -
Museums and Galleries - 1 - - - 1 1 1 - 1
National Assistance Services 1 - - - - - - - - -
National Assistance Services, E - 3 8 2 3 2 2 1 2 1
National Assistance, E - - 3 - - - - - - -
National Debt 5 6 2 1 1 6 - - - -
National Election Expenditure - - 3 - - 1 - 3 - -
National Health Service - - 2 12 - 3 2 2 2 2
National Health Service, E 40 137 330 293 88 70 44 59 35 38
National Health Service, E & S - - - - - - - - - 1
National Health Service, E & W 114 17 10 17 13 14 21 20 8 6
National Health Service, NI 2 - - - - 1 - - - -
National Health Service, S 30 4 - - - 1 - - 1 1
National Health Service, W 3 - - 1 - - - - - 1
National Lottery 7 3 2 2 4 2 6 9 4 1
Nationality - - - - - - - - 2 4
Natural Environment - - - - - - - 1 - -
Natural Environment, E & W - - - - - - - 2 - -
Nature Conservation - - - - - - - 1 - -
Nature Conservation, E & W - - - - - - - 1 - -
New Forests - - - - 1 - - - - -
Notaries Public 1 - - - - - - - - -
Northern Ireland 38 14 19 18 35 30 30 29 25 8
Nuclear Safeguards - - - - - 5 - - - -
Nurses and Midwives - - - 4 1 9 2 1 - -
Nurses and Midwives, S - - - - - 1 - - - -
Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors 1 1 1 3 - - - - - -
Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors, E - - - 1 - 2 - - - -
Oaths 1 - - - - - - - 1 -
Official Secrets - - - - - - - - 1 -
Official Statistics - - - - - - - - 1 2
Offshore Installations 3 3 4 2 3 4 4 4 6 1
Oil Tax - - - - - - - - 1 -
Olympic Games & Paralympic Games - - - - - - - 1 1 1
Open Spaces 1 2 - - - 2 - - - -
Open Spaces, E & W - - - - - - 2 - - -
Opticians 4 - 2 1 1 3 9 1 - 1
Opticians, E - - - - - - 1 - - -
Osteopaths 5 8 1 2 - - - - - -
Outer Space - - - - - - - 1 - -
Overseas Development and Co-Operation 1 3 1 - - - - - - -
Overseas Territories - - - 3 1 12 3 3 3 -
Parliament 3 1 3 2 - 2 2 1 - 1
Parliamentary Commissioner 2 2 - - 1 1 2 1 1 -
Partnership 1 3 7 6 1 1 2 - 2 1
Passports - - - - - - - - 1 -
Patents 7 3 3 2 3 5 3 1 6 -
Pensions 20 49 26 24 15 12 98 55 32 25
Pensions, E - - - - 1 1 1 5 - 2
Pensions, E & W - 1 9 7 6 7 9 6 5 4
Pensions, NI - - - - - - 3 - - -
Pensions, S - 1 1 - - 1 - - - -
Pensions, W - - - - 1 - - - - -
Pensions and Social Security 1 - - - - - - - - -
Pesticides 2 1 4 1 1 3 2 - 1 -
Pesticides, E & W - - 4 5 4 4 5 5 7 1
Petroleum 3 1 1 - - 3 1 1 3 1
Petroleum Revenue Tax - - - - - - 3 3 1 -
Pilotage - - - - - - 1 - - -
Pipe-Lines 1 3 - - - - - - 3 -
Pitcairn Islands - 2 - 2 - 1 - - - -
Plant Breeders' Rights 1 - 1 2 - - - 1 - -
Plant Breeders' Rights, E - - - - - - 1 - - -
Plant Breeders' Rights, NI - - - - - - 1 - - -
Plant Health - - 3 4 - 4 1 3 1 3
Plant Health, E 1 2 1 4 1 4 5 2 8 -
Plant Health, E & W - - - 1 - - - - - -
Plant Health, W 4 - - - - - - - 5 -
Police 18 5 10 18 4 8 4 3 5 4
Police, E - - - - - 1 - 1 - 16
Police, E & W - - 5 16 32 25 19 20 15 1
Police, NI - - - - - - - - 4 2
Police, S - - - - - - - - 1 -
Police, W - - - - - - - - 1 -
Political Parties - - 3 - - 1 1 3 1 3
Political Parties, E & W - - - - - - - 1 - -
Post Office 2 - - 1 - - - 1 - -
Postal Services 1 2 10 3 2 - - - 3 -
Poultry - - - - - - - - - 1
Powers of Attorney 1 3 1 - - - - - - -
Powers of Attorney, E & W - - - 2 - - 3 - 2 -
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism 3 4 15 6 6 3 2 7 12 4
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism, NI - - - - - - - 1 - -
Prices 1 - - - 1 1 - - - -
Prisons 4 3 3 2 3 1 3 - 3 3
Prisons, E & W - - - - - - - - 2 5
Probation - 1 3 - - - - - - 1
Probation, E & W - - - - - - - - 2 3
Proceeds of Crime - - - 6 16 3 3 5 2 11
Proceeds of Crime, E & W - - - - - - 1 - - 1
Proceeds of Crime, NI - - - - - - 1 - - 1
Professional Qualifications 1 1 1 4 1 - 2 2 1 -
Professions Complementary to Dentistry - - - - - - - - - 1
Professions Supplementary to Medicine 4 1 1 - - - - - - -
Protection of Vulnerable Adults, E & W - - - - - 1 - - 1 6
Protection of Vulnerable Adults, NI - - - - - - - - - 1
Protection of Wrecks 2 - 1 - - - - 1 1 -
Protection of Wrecks, E - - - 1 - 3 1 6 2 -
Public Audit - - - - - - - - - 2
Public Audit, E & W - - - - - - 3 - - -
Public Health 1 - 2 1 1 4 5 3 4 2
Public Health, E - 1 5 8 7 5 1 3 6 -
Public Health, E & W 6 1 - 2 2 4 - - 2 -
Public Health, NI 7 2 - - - 2 - - - -
Public Health, S 7 1 - - - - - - - -
Public Health, W - 1 - - - - - - 3 -
Public Order 1 - - - - - - - - -
Public Order, NI - 2 1 - 2 1 1 - - -
Public Passenger Transport 3 3 1 6 3 5 6 1 6 4
Public Passenger Transport, E - - 1 3 1 1 2 - - 2
Public Passenger Transport, E & W - - - 2 - 3 1 - 1 1
Public Procurement - 1 1 - 1 - - - - -
Public Procurement, E & W - - - - - - - 2 1 -
Public Procurement, NI - - - - - - - 2 1 -
Public Records 3 1 2 - 1 1 1 - 1 -
Public Records, E & W - - 1 - 1 - - - - -
Public Sector Information - - - - - - 1 - - -
Race Relations 1 - 3 2 4 2 - 3 - -
Radioactive Substances, E & W - - 1 - - - - - - -
Radioactive Substances, NI - - - - - - - - 1 -
Railways - - - - - - 1 1 - -
Rating and Valuation 5 - - - 1 2 - 1 - -
Rating and Valuation, E 3 18 11 3 8 11 5 8 3 5
Rating and Valuation, W - - - - - - 1 - 1 -
Recovery of Taxes - - - - - 3 2 1 3 -
Referendums - - 2 - - 3 - 2 - -
Regional Development -