Impact Assessments
(asked on 16th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on the publication of impact assessments in relation to (1) primary legislation and (2) secondary legislation.
This question was answered on 30th October 2017
The Government's policy is to develop and publish impact assessments for any proposals that have a regulatory impact, whether delivered through primary or secondary legislation.
The form that these should take and the level and type of detail and evidence they provide should be proportionate to the scale of impacts and the stage of policy development.