Statutory instruments laid before Parliament by procedure
Statutory instruments laid before the UK Parliament each calendar year since 2018, by the procedure each follows, from Parliament's statutory instruments tracker.
Statutory instruments laid
571
2025 · 376 made negative and 162 draft affirmative
Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:13 UTC- Made negative
- Draft affirmative
- Made affirmative
- Draft negative
- Proposed negative
- Other procedures
Source: UK Parliament. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
Data table
8 periods, newest first
| Period | Made negative | Draft affirmative | Made affirmative | Draft negative | Proposed negative | Other procedures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 376 | 162 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
| 2024 | 440 | 204 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 2023 | 465 | 207 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 474 | 192 | 43 | 44 | 18 | 18 |
| 2021 | 537 | 178 | 48 | 22 | 47 | 8 |
| 2020 | 656 | 229 | 117 | 16 | 40 | 3 |
| 2019 | 446 | 258 | 58 | 14 | 92 | 4 |
| 2018 | 555 | 295 | 4 | 37 | 192 | 7 |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- UK Parliament
- Check it yourself
- https://statutoryinstruments.parliament.uk/
- Licence
- Open Parliament Licence v3.0 – Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 31 October 2026, 11:11 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=0&Take=1000SHA-256 61b7b5a56ec0e4e797908bf0d1422d2446666550cfe197ede17de922cc2d51d9 · 556,934 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=1000&Take=1000SHA-256 5e399d0ba646d590b0d5632d153b84eb6a31fafa4b544fc8ddf177e20f972ae4 · 554,360 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=2000&Take=1000SHA-256 38dc56a305bdd8a6a16078c5aa44d9bdf8ca26a03841051aaf9c0c6b3f256404 · 554,009 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=3000&Take=1000SHA-256 e5484565c89e00a9a864ca7ceaf9ec2219451b432375cd87aa5a36d803486a0a · 559,982 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=4000&Take=1000SHA-256 dcae97e35f4df9da08fb7e447f388e40268bc1da488ef69590f741eac2d68c16 · 562,806 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=5000&Take=1000SHA-256 56497ba5bcb217d4deb0db0b909a1fe67f20be613dc344eac6847e0d241b9b88 · 556,595 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=6000&Take=1000SHA-256 aef4f3e55069b3bd628ab5fa08afcde3888946809522c1f12173560417548f46 · 556,610 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=7000&Take=1000SHA-256 ad32ce5c0d5df112ed8909979ab3398039826abd88a80bb5b366264444d27e34 · 363,269 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/ProcedureSHA-256 10b31e1206bf4f6b4fedd454aa7373c9e7ea4ac2aa0945332ddbf8e76a4f7aa3 · 1,306 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:13 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 11:13 UTC; 48 of 48 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | UK Parliament; Open Parliament Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-31T11:11:18Z; 9 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 9 of 9 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 48 of 48 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 48 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 48 of 48 figures match exactly after downloading 9 source file(s) again (9 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | legislation.gov.uk agrees | 12 of 12 sampled instruments laid in 2025 (every 32th of 382 numbered UK statutory instruments) are on legislation.gov.uk with the same number and title |
| Pass | Parliament's record is current | the newest laying date is dated 2026-10-29, 2 days before retrieval (limit 75) |
| Pass | The latest full year is current | the latest full year shown, 2025, ended 304 days before retrieval (limit 400) |
| Not run | Source page answers | https://statutoryinstruments.parliament.uk/ refuses automated requests (HTTP 403); open it in a browser to compare |
Notes
- Counted from Parliament's statutory instruments tracker, which starts in June 2017 and records instruments laid before Parliament. It is not a register of every instrument: legislation.gov.uk also lists instruments that are never laid.
- An instrument counts in the year it was first laid, in either House; some are laid in the Commons only. Full calendar years only: a year is shown once the first instrument of the next has been laid.
- Proposed negative instruments are drafts a committee sifts before they are laid under a procedure. Other procedures include remedial orders, legislative reform orders and enhanced affirmative instruments.