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...
The Government has today launched the reformed Better Regulation Framework (BRF). This was announced in May 2023, as part of the Government’s plans to reform its approach to managing regulation....
...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,...
...for us to publish a summary of the impacts up to abolition of the BIT (29 August 2023). Between 17 December 2022 and 29 August 2023, we published formal opinions...
The Government’s Better Regulation Framework (BRF) is designed to ensure that Ministers, and subsequently Parliament, have robust evidence and analysis of the impacts of new regulations before they are introduced....
...hope that this will encourage both earlier publication of the relevant IA and more timely publication of future IAs. As your report points out, normal operation of the Better Regulation...