...not expressly address the use of the BRF for evaluating regulatory impacts on CSOs. Because impacts on CSOs can differ significantly from those on business, we believe more consideration should...
...and delivering Net Zero ambitions. We recognise that the document signals a direction of travel and a number of detailed points are still to be worked out. At this stage,...
...the best outcomes for the country” The proportion of IAs rejected as not fit for purpose as first submitted increased significantly, but has started to improve Where we judge...
...impose unnecessary costs on business and provide a barrier to growth, for regulation with significant impacts, it is generally a statutory requirement for departments to undertake a Post Implementation Review...
...recent government consultation on the BRF does not even mention CSOs. Like businesses, new regulations can have significant impacts on CSOs. But CSOs often experience impacts that differ in nature...
...impact assessments (IAs). The committee’s final report Losing Impact: Why the Government’s impact assessment system is failing Parliament and the public makes eleven recommendations for improvements. The RPC welcomes the...
...are the differences between the assumptions underpinning regulatory economics, the design of regulatory frameworks (like the original and recrafted versions of Better Regulation) and the realities of the policy cycle....
...in regulatory costs, however costs have increased by £14.3bn in the first 3 years. At the same time, important policy areas (that have had significant regulatory costs attached) have been...
...the ‘holding’ BIT of £0 set by the Government. However, since a significant amount of regulatory activity across this period was in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the exemption from...
...offset by the government’s fuel poverty objectives. Either way, how government values carbon has become an increasingly important part of its value for money analysis. What are carbon values? Carbon...