...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...
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....
...total number of overdue PIRs has fallen from over 80 in April to 47 today, including 4 PIRs that have newly become overdue. This represents a significant improvement. However, it...
...to focus on the evidence and analysis relevant to support final decision-making. 2. Scrutiny before parliamentary approval - to confirm the estimate of costs and plan for monitoring and evaluation...
...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...
...departments on IA ratings Overall 72% of RPC ratings were either ‘good’ or ‘satisfactory’ (the remaining 28% being ‘weak’ or ‘very weak’). However there were big differences between departments. Top...
...that were rated ‘good’ or ‘satisfactory’: Rationale & Options fell from 84% to 71%; Cost-Benefit Analysis dropped from 90% to 76%; Wider Impacts remained the weakest area and dropped from...
...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...