Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 1 November 2022 to Question 75766, which section within her Department was responsible for supplying on request from the Cabinet Office an estimate of the cost of EU regulatory burdens; and when those requests were made between 2001 and 2015.

The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Better Regulation Principles are always at the heart of Defra regulation and ensuring business and civil society are free from unnecessarily burdens and that regulation is proportionate are core priorities for Defra.