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28 March 2012

UK news: Quality of RIA improving, focus on enforcement


On 8 March, the independent Regulatory Policy Committee charged by government with assessing the quality of analysis and evidence supporting government departments’ proposals to regulate,published its annual report for 2011 ("Improving Regulation") which demonstrates that Departments achieve year on year improvement of the quality of RIAs, but a quarter of regulatory proposals remain ‘Not fit for purpose.’
Among significant factors that have brought about the improvement, the Government’s "One-in, One-out rule" has according the chairman of the RPC, "undoubtedly put pressure on Departments to strip away regulation" (see also press release.)
Also in the UK this week, the launch of Focus on enforcement campaign, asking the public to help identify where enforcement can be improved, reduced or done differently to improve the business environment and reduce administrative burdens.
Finally, also this week, a Beta version of a new central site for administrative information goes online: GOV.UK The "INSIDE GOVERNMENT section is dedicated to departmental information: policies, consultations, news etc - the type of content that is currently to be found on http://www.bis.gov.uk/.

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