Is regulation working as intended?
...revised. This is the purpose of Post Implementation Reviews (PIRs). Done well, they should: lead to a better understanding of the regulation and the problem it was meant to address...
...revised. This is the purpose of Post Implementation Reviews (PIRs). Done well, they should: lead to a better understanding of the regulation and the problem it was meant to address...
...the better regulation framework (BRF) is considering ways to improve the consideration of non-regulatory options in policymaking, and our findings highlight the relative lack of attention to assessing whether non-regulatory...
...plans which should support better and more considered Post Implementation Reviews (PIRs). Stephen explained that the Better Regulation Framework is currently in a 12 month, ‘transition’ period, where departments can...
...the Covid pandemic. Because much of this was temporary (at least when introduced), it was exempt from the Better Regulation Framework and so submission of Impact Assessments to the RPC...
The government is currently seeking views on reforming the better regulation framework. A key aspect of the current framework is the use of impact assessments (IAs) to ensure that regulatory...
...not. This scrutiny process helps to improve IAs and therefore supports better policy decisions by Ministers. Under the current Better Regulation Framework, the RPC can formally conclude that a final...
...that they submit high quality assessments on time and hope that the new Better Regulation Framework (BRF), which requires scrutiny at an earlier point in the policy-making process makes this...
...(published last week) stated that it would “support the Regulatory Policy Committee to publish data that enables scrutiny of departments’ performance against the Better Regulation Framework”. We believe that the...
...This independent advice and scrutiny helps ensure that ministerial policy decisions are based on accurate evidence, and helps to produce better regulation. We are an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored...
Before the recent election, the RPC published a Blogpost on the Government’s record on undertaking Impact Assessments (IAs). This showed the huge difference between the best performing departments (like BEIS,...