Defra improves performance on Post Implementation Reviews, but other departments lag behind

Stephen Gibson, Chair of the RPC, commends Defra on progress on completing PIRs but expresses ongoing concerns from others across government.
Regulatory Policy Committee Chairman
Stephen Gibson, Chair of the RPC, commends Defra on progress on completing PIRs but expresses ongoing concerns from others across government.
We have today published the RPC Corporate Report for 2023-24. The report summarises trends in our opinions on Impact Assessments (IAs) and Post Implementation Reviews (PIRs). It highlights a decline in the quality of analysis by government departments – with only 59% …
The RPC has now been operating for 15 years. To commemorate this, we have updated the history document originally published to commemorate our 10th anniversary.
The RPC was pleased to welcome Justin Madders MP, Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets at the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), to a recent meeting.
The RPC has today published a summary table of the ratings in its opinions on post implementation reviews published over the past few years. This supplements the earlier publication of a summary of its opinions on impact assessments and seeks to enhance the transparency of the Better Regulation Framework.
The RPC has today published a summary table of the ratings in its opinions on impact assessments published over the past few years. This is a further step in making the Better Regulation Framework as transparent as possible.
The RPC welcomes the report of the Independent Commission on UK Public Health Emergency Powers
Stephen Gibson welcomes the Smarter Regulation White Paper and challenges the Government to go further.
A welcome and introduction to the RPC's two new members.
Guests from across the regulatory world discussed how the RPC will work in the new system
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