...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...
...taken into account when regulations are introduced. We the RPC exist to provide independent scrutiny at key stages of this process. Independent challenge and support of the sort we provide...
...would extend the benefits of independent scrutiny to increasingly important areas of government policy. It would do more to ensure that an evidence-based approach is taken to assessing the potential...
...the SLSC point out, IAs and RPC opinions are meant to be produced in time to inform both ministerial decisions and parliamentary scrutiny. As Stephen and Andrew reported in their...
...of regulations, we want to reiterate that it is essential that impact assessments contain good M&E plans, to ensure that arrangements are in place to support the post-implementation review and...
...as an increase in IAs submitted late by departments (in some cases where the legislation was already before Parliament). We will continue to engage with departments to try to ensure...
...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...
...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...
...wide range of stakeholders. We look forward to working with the new Government to achieve improvements to the effectiveness of the BRF in support of their growth agenda and welcome...
...sit in individual RPC opinions, it is therefore difficult to see trends in the data and to compare the performance of different departments. The Government’s White Paper on Smarter Regulation...
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