...is an indication of the quality of Government analysis. In the first two years of our dataset the number of rejected IAs increased very significantly from 18% to 40%, this...
...our second PIR blog in December 2025, we saw an encouraging reduction in outstanding PIRs from over 80 to 47. It is disappointing that progress seems to have stalled as...
...– business leaders consistently make the same point: the RPC’s independent scrutiny of regulation matters. "The Regulatory Policy Committee continues to play a key role in holding government to account...
...interact with similar organisations across the globe to enhance our knowledge and capability, especially in methodologies and approaches to regulation and scrutiny. Our international work during Covid travel restrictions Our...
...because they are ‘fit’ for different purposes. Domestic IAs are intended to inform regulatory decision-making whereas FTA IAs seek to provide a sense of thinking behind negotiations and the potential...
...wide range of stakeholders. We look forward to working with the new Government to achieve improvements to the effectiveness of the BRF in support of their growth agenda and welcome...
...consideration of alternative options to regulation, would allow independent input to add more value to the government decision-making process and ensure that regulation is happening only when necessary and is...
...as an increase in IAs submitted late by departments (in some cases where the legislation was already before Parliament). We will continue to engage with departments to try to ensure...
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...sit in individual RPC opinions, it is therefore difficult to see trends in the data and to compare the performance of different departments. The Government’s White Paper on Smarter Regulation...