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Scottish Statutory Instruments Statistics

The following table records the number of Statutory Instruments which have been made by the Scottish Administration and registered by the Scottish Statutory Instruments Registrar since devolution in 1999:

Year	General SSIs	Local SSIs	Cancelled SSIs	Total SSIs
1999	114	90	0	204
2000	274	180	0	454
2001	392	101	1	494*
2002	386	189	0	575
2003	401	222	0	623
2004	411	153	1	565
2005	458	209	0	667
2006	430	195	0	625
2007	449	134	1	584
2008	333	108	0	441

* The number of Scottish Statutory Instruments registered during 2001 included 65 instruments which related directly to the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease.

Subjects covered by Scottish Statutory Instruments

The following tables record the subjects to which the Scottish Statutory Instruments made during 2001 - 2008 relate and the number of instruments covering each subject. The total will be greater than the total number of Scottish Statutory Instruments as some instruments will have carried a range of subject headings.

General Scottish Statutory Instrument

Subject	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Acquisition of Land	-	-	2	-	2	-	1	-	-	-
Adult Support	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5
Adults with Incapacity	-	-	7	11	7	-	3	-	6	9
Agriculture	2	9	31	16	20	22	22	17	16	21
Anatomy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
Animals	2	9	79	23	16	6	13	22	35	14
Anti-Social Behaviour	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-
Armorial Bearings, Ensigns and Flags	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Bankruptcy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
Bee Diseases	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries	-	1	2	1	1	-	1	2	12	-
Building and Buildings	1	-	1	1	-	5	1	2	4	4
Canals and Inland Waterways	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2
Census	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charities	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	8	5	4
Children and Young Persons	-	3	7	4	4	1	3	5	3	7
Cinemas and Films	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Civil Contingencies	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Civil Defence	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Civil Partnership	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	2	-
Clean Air	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4
Clean Air	-	-	2	-	1	-	2	-	2	-
Companies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Constitutional Law	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Construction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Consumer Protection	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	1	-	-
Contamination of Food	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	3	-	-
Contracts	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Council Tax	1	2	-	2	3	-	1	2	3	-
Countryside	-	1	-	4	2	2	-	-	2	3
Court of Session	3	10	8	8	7	8	14	6	16	10
Cremation	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Criminal Law	-	2	5	3	12	17	25	20	17	23
Crofters, Cottars and Small Landholders	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	2	1
Cultural Objects	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Damages	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debt	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	1
Defamation	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Devolution	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Diligence	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Disabled Persons	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
District Courts	-	-	1	-	1	3	1	1	4	-
Ecclesiastical Law	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Education	3	14	18	12	12	16	35	21	29	18
Electricity	-	1	1	5	-	1	4	2	1	2
Electronic Communications	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Energy Conservation	-	-	1	-	2	1	1	1	1	1
Enforcement	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Environmental Protection	-	11	2	7	21	18	17	11	10	-
Equal Opportunities	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Ethical Standards	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	1	-	-
European Communities	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Family Law	-	5	1	-	1	-	1	4	1	1
Farriers Registration Council	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Feudal Tenure	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	1	-	-
Fire and Rescue Services	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-
Fire Safety	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Fire Services	-	-	1	2	-	2	1	2	3	2
Fireworks	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Fish Farming	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Fisheries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Food	7	21	11	24	32	20	25	13	25	14
Forestry	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
Freedom of Information	-	-	-	1	1	4	-	-	-	2
Gaelic Language	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Gender Recognition	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High Court of Justiciary	1	2	2	4	3	5	7	5	7	2
Horticulture	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Housing	-	3	9	24	15	9	15	7	10	12
Human Rights	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
Human Tissue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	1
Income Tax	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Industrial Development	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Inquiries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Insolvency	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
International Criminal Court	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Investigatory Powers	-	3	1	3	4	-	-	1	-	-
Judgments	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Justice of the Peace Courts	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Land Drainage	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-
Land Reform	-	-	-	-	1	11	2	1	-	-
Land Registration	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	2	-	-
Landlord and Tenant	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-
Lands Tribunal	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-
Legal Aid and Advice	1	6	13	16	11	18	16	11	11	7
Legal Profession	-	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	7	4
Legal Services	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Licences and Licensing	-	-	-	3	2	2	-	2	-	-
Licencing (Housing)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Licensing (Liquor)	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	2	25	2
Local Government	4	10	7	8	12	13	10	42	10	9
Maintenance of Dependants	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Marriage	-	-	-	2	1	-	3	2	-	-
Medical Profession	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mental Health	-	-	-	-	2	14	40	5	2	7
National Assistance Services	-	1	4	1	5	3	3	2	2	2
National Health Service	42	24	45	18	33	50	25	37	26	16
National Lottery	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nature Conservation	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Official Statistics	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Olympic Games & Paralympic Games	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Open Spaces	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Opticians	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Partnership	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pensions	-	6	7	2	3	4	9	8	7	7
Pesticides	-	1	5	5	3	4	5	6	5	2
Pilotage	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Plant Breeders' Rights	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Plant Health	2	2	3	4	1	7	6	4	9	4
Police	-	2	2	9	3	5	6	12	17	4
Prisons	-	1	2	2	1	-	-	2	2	4
Prisons Young Offenders Institutions	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Private International Law	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Proceeds of Crime	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	1
Protection of Vulnerable Adults	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Protection of Wrecks	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Public Bodies	-	-	-	-	4	4	2	3	1	1
Public Finance and Accountability	-	4	3	7	4	4	1	3	2	2
Public Health	28	49	50	51	44	57	53	22	4	1
Public Order	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Public Passenger Transport	-	-	3	1	-	1	1	1	1	2
Public Procurement	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3
Race Relations	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-
Radioactive Substances	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rating and Valuation	-	16	3	5	7	3	9	8	6	8
Registers and Records	-	-	1	-	2	2	2	3	-	-
Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages, etc	1	1	-	2	2	-	3	6	5	3
Rehabilitation of Offenders	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-
Representation of the People	-	-	-	3	1	-	1	-	6	-
Residential and Other Establishments	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
River	-	1	2	3	2	-	4	2	1	2
River, E & W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Road Traffic	4	4	1	14	8	6	9	1	2	2
Roads and Bridges	1	-	-	4	6	1	-	2	2	7
Scottish Public Service Ombudsman	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-
Sea Fisheries	2	15	8	6	15	13	10	11	11	7
Security Industry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-
Seeds	-	7	-	3	1	4	4	4	6	-
Serious Organised Crime Agency	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Shellfish	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sheriff Court	3	10	8	20	17	16	22	20	29	20
Social Care	-	-	3	20	15	8	7	6	4	2
Social Work	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
Sports Grounds and Sporting Events	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	1	1	2
Succession	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Summary Jurisdiction	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tenements	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	-
Terms and Conditions of Employment	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Title Conditions	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	2
Tourism	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Town and Country Planning	1	1	3	2	2	2	-	9	12	15
Transport	-	-	2	8	3	1	7	11	9	9
Transport and Works	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2
Tribunals and Inquiries	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
Water	-	1	-	4	6	1	6	5	6	5
Water Industry	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	1	1
Water Resources	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-
Water Supply	1	3	4	-	3	1	3	6	-	-
Wildlife	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	2	2
Young Offenders Institutions	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	1	1
Zoos	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-

Local Scottish Statutory Instruments

Heading	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Education	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Railways, Tramways and Trolley Vehicles	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Rivers and Inland Waterways	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Roads, Bridges, Road Traffic and Rights of Way	78	173	95	181	212	143	190	185	126	99
Shipping, Harbours, Docks, Ports etc	7	3	3	6	5	4	7	2	6	7
Town and Country Planning, Open Spaces, Access to Countryside	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Water Supply	2	3	1	-	2	4	8	5	1	1

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