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Regulatory Policy Committee opinions

Independent scrutiny of the evidence and analysis supporting the case for why regulation is necessary, listed by government department.

From:
Regulatory Policy Committee
Published
21 February 2019
Last updated
9 April 2026 — See all updates

This document collection includes all of the Regulatory Policy Committee’s opinions of options assessments, impact assessments and post-implementation reviews that have been published under the latest version of the Better Regulation Framework.

Use the GOV.UK search function to find opinions that were published under previous versions of the Better Regulation Framework.

Cabinet Office

Department for Business and Trade

Department for Education

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Transport

Department of Health and Social Care

HM Treasury

Home Office

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Updates to this page

Published 21 February 2019
Last updated 9 April 2026 show all updates

  1. Added new RPC opinion for the fire and rehire protections options assessment from the Department for Business and Trade

  2. Added 2 new RPC opinions to the Department for Business and Trade collection

  3. Added new opinion for The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 post-implementation review from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

  4. Added new RPC opinions for HM Treasury, Cabinet Office, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Department of Health and Social Care.

  5. Added Regulatory Policy Committee’s opinion of the Future Homes and Buildings Standards impact assessments from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

  6. Added Regulatory Policy Committee's opinion of the review of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 carried out by MHRA.

  7. Updated to include the RPC's opinion of the options assessment produced by DEFRA for its planned reforms to the environmental compensatory measures for offshore wind.

  8. Added new opinion on the Decent Homes Standard impact assessment from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

  9. Updated to include the RPC's opinion of MHCLG’s The Town and Country Planning (Appeals) (Written Representations Procedure) (England) (Amendment and Saving Provision) Regulations 2026

  10. Added new opinion to the Department for Business and Trade collection for The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2026 impact assessment

  11. Document collection updated to include all opinions published under the current version of the Better Regulation Framework

  12. First published.

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