§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Minister I for the Cabinet Office what recent cost-benefit analysis he has made of the Better Regulation Task Force; and if he will make a statement. [161958]
§ Mr. AlexanderThe chairman and members of the Better Regulation Task Force are unpaid. The total running costs of the Task Force amount to about £0.5 million a year.
Since 1997 the Task Force has published 30 substantive reports and made around 400 recommendations to Government. All but 10 have been accepted.
Major reforms currently under way or recently enacted, that follow earlier recommendations by the Task Force include the reform of planning law, liquor licensing and fire safety.
The Task Force monitors the Government's implementation of its recommendations.