§ Lord Burlisonasked Her Majesty's Government:
148WAWhat is the level of compliance with the regulatory impact assessment process. [HL2416]
§ The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Macdonald of Tradeston)A baseline for measuring the level of compliance with the regulatory impact assessment is today being placed on the website of the Cabinet Office Regulatory Impact Unit (www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/regulation). An exercise in December 2002 to establish a snapshot of the level of compliance provided a figure of 92 per cent. We will keep this under six-monthly review and strive not only to maintain this level of compliance but to improve it. In addition, we recognise the need to increase the quality of RIAs and the value they add to the policy-making process. We are working closely with departments to identify ways of achieving this.