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<p>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.</p><p>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:</p><ul><li><p>SI publishing
fee - £305</p></li><li><p>Explanatory Memoranda (if relevant) - £145</p></li><li><p>Impact
Assessment (if relevant) - £55</p></li><li><p>Correction slip - £20.50</p></li></ul><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number
of UKSIs made that year</p></td><td><p>Correction slips issued for made UKSIs</p></td><td><p>Number
of UKSIs issued under the free issue procedure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>1554</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1639</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1483</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1817</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2801</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2808</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3002</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2969</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3131</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1743</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>948</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
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