Statutory Instruments

(asked on 17th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House, how many statutory instruments (a) required correction slips and (b) were (i) made and (ii) issued under the free issue procedure between 2006 and 2016.


Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 20th July 2023

The National Archives is responsible for determining the publishing costs of legislation, and for operating the correction slip and free issue process on behalf of the Government.

Departments pay a publishing fee for each correction slip or free issue Statutory Instrument (SI). Since January 2019, the publishing costs have been as follows:

  • SI publishing fee - £305

  • Explanatory Memoranda (if relevant) - £145

  • Impact Assessment (if relevant) - £55

  • Correction slip - £20.50

Issuing an SI under the free issue procedure incurs a cost on top of the SI publishing fee. The average additional cost for issuing an SI under the free issue procedure is £39.90.

The distribution of the SI also incurs a cost. If an SI is issued free of charge due to an error in an earlier SI, The Stationery Office (TSO) will identify everyone who bought a copy of the original SI and arrange for them to receive a free copy of the new version, paid for by the department. The cost of this will vary for each SI.

The number of SIs between 2006 and 2016 that required correction slips and were made and issued under the free issue procedure is as follows:

Year

Number of UKSIs made that year

Correction slips issued for made UKSIs

Number of UKSIs issued under the free issue procedure

2006

1554

110

48

2007

1639

121

53

2008

1483

127

51

2009

1817

112

68

2010

2801

76

51

2011

2808

63

38

2012

3002

74

31

2013

2969

79

24

2014

3131

49

38

2015

1743

42

41

2016

948

64

23

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