Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) what estimate he has made of the financial effect on UK industry of changes in the level of the burden of regulation in each year since 2005; (2) what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the costs of business of the Government's proposed 25 per cent. reduction in administrative burdens.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what progress has been made in developing methods to measure the impact of regulatory burden reduction in those areas identified by the National Audit Office as non-quantified irritation factors.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what progress has been made by the Better Regulation Executive in working with industry to reduce regulatory burdens.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many businesses his Department has consulted to identify areas for potential regulatory burden reduction in the last 12 months.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) what steps his Department is taking to determine the effects of reductions in regulatory burdens on businesses of all sizes; (2) by what means his Department assesses the effectiveness of reductions in regulatory burdens on businesses arising from initiatives by Government.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) by what mechanisms his Department measures the effectiveness of the means by which businesses are made aware of changes to regulation; (2) what steps his Department is considering to improve the means by which businesses are (a) made aware of and (b) advised on matters relating to changes in regulation.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Health and Safety Executive minimises administrative burdens to business in carrying out its functions.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what his most recent estimate is of the cost of regulation to UK industry.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions have taken place on introducing an interim adjustment in mileage allowances payable to NHS staff before the national review group reports.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the review group investigating mileage allowances payable to staff in the NHS will report.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent discussions he has had with suppliers of liquefied petroleum gas for domestic heating on the fairness to consumers of their pricing policies.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance is provided to GPs to assist in the diagnosis of coeliac disease; and if he will make a statement.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many individual burdens in business compliance requirements have been (a) removed and (b) amended in each year since the introduction of the Better Regulation Agenda.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to industry of implementing the Food Standards Agency's guidelines on the provision of allergen information on non-prepacked foods.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements his Department has made to monitor the effectiveness of recent Food Standards Agency voluntary best practice guidance on the provision of allergen information for non-prepacked foods; and over what timescale such arrangements will operate.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals for the regulation of (a) the recording and (b) advice on the use of food allergens by commercial organisations.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the potential of the Food Standards Agency's guidance on the provision of allergen information for non-prepacked foods to reduce consumer choice.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2008, Official Report, column 346W, on NHS: allowances, which NHS job descriptions are affected by the decision to increase certain national mileage allowances on an interim basis.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS employees received mileage allowance in the last 12 months.
Gordon Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the NHS Staff Council will come to a decision on the proposals scheduled to be presented to it on 11 March 2008 by the sub group reviewing NHS staff mileage allowances.