...out to public consultation and one relates to fracking which is subject to a moratorium. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has committed to deliver the outstanding PIRs...
...discrimination or bias. The fourth, Accountability, requires that: holders of public office are accountable to the public for decisions and action and must submit themselves to the scrutiny necessary to...
...and OAs. We continue to urge the Government to prioritise evaluation and PIRs. Other departments could usefully follow Defra’s lead with internal guidance to policy teams and regular reporting. To...
...when it starts its scrutiny. They also recommend that we do more to communicate to Parliament when an IA has been ‘red-rated’. We recognise the value of our opinions to...
...‘red-rating’ IAs on a wider range of issues – specifically the impacts on: trade (to support UK competitiveness); greenhouse gas emissions (to support the path to ‘Net Zero’); or competition...
...the pre-consultation stage, although early scrutiny made little difference to our rating of cost-benefit analysis (88% compared to 86%). We continue to argue for mandatory early scrutiny of IAs to...
...However too often departments have not been submitting Impact Assessments (IAs) in time to allow independent scrutiny of the evidence and analysis before it is submitted to Parliament – sometimes...
...transparency and accountability that this provides will help to strengthen adherence to the Framework. We have therefore decided to publish a spreadsheet that summarises the key information across all of...
...to meet their objectives. A second spreadsheet has been added to the existing webpage. One of our previous Blogposts explained why PIRs are key to a smarter regulatory framework and...
...and includes suggestions to the new Government on how to make our role even more effective. Over the past 15 years, the RPC has issued over 4,600 formal and informal...
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