How much should Government pay for a drug that extends a patient’s life by an average of 5 years? Should Government spend £1 million on a traffic safety improvement that...
...but we recognise that there may be alternative, more effective ways of ensuring that PIRs are properly undertaken and acted upon. This could be supported by an explicit requirement to...
...by the eight departments with the largest backlogs against the commitments that they made to reduce their backlogs. Outstanding PIRs by department We are pleased that following our actions, the...
...environmental cost of the regulations that are introduced each year. While the RPC has seen many proposals that directly affect the environment, their environmental impacts are generally considered under the...
...the IAs that are laid in Parliament. As we commented recently, the figures in our recent corporate report show that around 23% of final stage IAs are NOT fit-for-purpose as...
...that page a new summary spreadsheet that shows that many departments have been guilty of this and disappointingly our sponsoring department, the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is currently...
...analyses would systematically understate the cost of policies that increase emissions or undervalue those that reduce them. It guides efficient resource allocation It helps direct regulatory policy toward the most...
...RPC to publish data on departments’ performance on PIRs in order to strengthen accountability and create stronger incentives for compliance. Today we are releasing that information for the first time...
...a result, at the start of each parliament, the Government sets a target for the total regulatory burden on business of new regulation over the life of that parliament and...
...evidence? Might alternatives to regulation now be more appropriate? If the current regulation is still required, what refinements could/should be made? Given the importance of ensuring that regulations do not...