...with the departmental Better Regulation Units (BRUs) across Whitehall regularly. These meetings are to offer guidance on the Better Regulation Framework, consider methodological issues, advise departments on when RPC scrutiny...
...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...
...Government department. Members come from a variety of business, consultancy and academic backgrounds. We are the most recent appointees, starting our roles in March 2024. The application process was very...
...the then Defra Secretary of State, Therese Coffey made a commitment in Parliament to address the backlog by the end of 2024. We are pleased to confirm, as per data...
...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...
...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...
...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...