Statutory Instruments
(asked on 3rd July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Leader of the House:
To ask the Leader of the House, how many Statutory instruments required (a) correcting and (b) replacing in the last five sessions.
Correction slips are used to correct typographical errors. A statutory instrument (SI) containing a substantive error must be replaced by amending secondary legislation. This is issued under the free issue procedure, further information on which can be found at page 128 of the National Archives’ Statutory Instrument Practice (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/pdfs/StatutoryInstrumentPractice_5th_Edition.pdf).
The National Archives holds information on SI statistics by calendar year. Information from 2016 to 2022, which covers the last five parliamentary sessions, is provided below.
Correction slips issued for made SIs | Number of SIs made and issued under the free issue procedure | |
|---|---|---|
2022 | 67 | 66 |
2021 | 67 | 112 |
2020 | 96 | 77 |
2019 | 95 | 57 |
2018 | 63 | 35 |
2017 | 71 | 30 |
2016 | 64 | 23 |
Information on SIs replacing legislation not issued under the free issue procedure is not held centrally. To provide this information would therefore incur disproportionate cost.