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, 7 November 2026, 06:47 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
- 7 November 2026, 06:44 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=0&Take=1000SHA-256 885f4656339c3a1874ea678628193d8b909b954d7a20ec8a0e52ab867be8e10f · 556,479 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=1000&Take=1000SHA-256 f400601ac32ecc630018fe7d1fa34ec7697fb80d7e6cad8e06083a9984e0af48 · 554,856 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=2000&Take=1000SHA-256 7c07f7a81bf03a03ffcdef6b7e1443fe8c9422656325d926c4b5722aea1e0a00 · 553,826 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=3000&Take=1000SHA-256 c7044d2771b78ae42766134ca61bc051a6948448aedf2161744b71abcba10dfd · 560,110 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=4000&Take=1000SHA-256 c7963675af7d067ae50e85436f5071f956c4ca325934a9352fc0d18722b3dcd1 · 562,540 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=5000&Take=1000SHA-256 6f7b75b63f5c685dc6504963bb28a8668ba740c2bf1ac19c56ea8797cf7788c5 · 557,062 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=6000&Take=1000SHA-256 2a939d9208fae8a258c82ca28c5a15f195224b52183673352dec91c62e45bb1b · 556,604 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/StatutoryInstrument?Skip=7000&Take=1000SHA-256 8d5cde9c43998b0babd351d56bfe3e5a47713a8611f7026f828fddd15d9f4b2b · 374,194 bytes
- https://statutoryinstruments-api.parliament.uk/api/v2/ProcedureSHA-256 10b31e1206bf4f6b4fedd454aa7373c9e7ea4ac2aa0945332ddbf8e76a4f7aa3 · 1,306 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 7 November 2026, 06:47 UTC Run at 7 November 2026, 06:47 UTC; 48 of 48 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | UK Parliament; Open Parliament Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-07T06:44:52Z; 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 2026-11-05, 2 days before retrieval (limit 75) |
| Pass | The latest full year is current | the latest full year shown, 2025, ended 311 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.