...Watchdog and is responsible for assessing new regulation, as well as the PIRs of existing regulation. We will update the information about IAs and PIRs on a regular basis (and...
...to the revised Better Regulation Framework (BRF). This new framework has moved the RPC's scrutiny role to earlier in the policy-making process and focused our work on reviewing the rationale...
...total number of overdue PIRs has fallen from over 80 in April to 47 today, including 4 PIRs that have newly become overdue. This represents a significant improvement. However, it...
How the Regulatory Policy Committee’s independent scrutiny supports democratic accountability When Parliament considers new legislation, MPs and peers rely on impact assessments to understand the expected impacts of that legislation....
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...work of the Regulatory Policy Committee is crucial in ensuring legislation is based on accurate evidence and data. As a sector that is regularly impacted by new regulation, having an...
...needs to be taken through the appropriate processes and not deferred indefinitely because it lacks the urgency of a new policy commitment. This requires deliberate decisions at departmental (or regulator)...
...beyond the immediate policy: reputational damage: public confidence in the government's competence is undermined implementation delay: policies may be set back by years while analysis is redone and new decisions...
Since the new Better Regulation Framework was introduced in 2023, the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) has scrutinised over 120 options assessments and impact assessments (OAs and IAs). This blog post explains what the...