Supplementary memorandum from the Better
Regulation Executive
Impact Assessments
Following Lord Filkin's request for examples
of where an impact assessment has led to a policy being junked,
or significantly changed, please find below the examples we have
been able to gather.
Example 1—Increasing Holiday Entitlement
The Government proposed to extend the current
statutory holiday entitlement to reflect the number of permanent
bank and public holidays. There are 8 permanent bank and public
holidays in Great Britain. Under the Working Time Regulations
1998, staff are entitled to four weeks' paid holiday each year.
The Government proposes to increase that entitlement to 5.6 weeks,
pro rata for part-timers. The statutory right to paid holiday
will be subject to a maximum of 28 days' paid leave per year.
Initial Consultation (including partial RIA)
and Government Response
Increasing the holiday entitlement: an initial
consultation (Consultation document and Partial RIA)
http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file30011.pdf
Increasing the holiday entitlement: an initial
consultation. Summary of consultation responses and the Government's
response to the consultation (Government Response)
http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file36448.pdf
Further consultation and Government Response
(including Final RIA)
Increasing the holiday entitlement: a further
consultation (Consultation Document)
http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file36449.pdf
Increasing the holiday entitlement: partial
regulatory impact assessment (Partial RIA)
http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file36457.pdf
Increasing the holiday entitlement: a further
consultation. Summary of responses and Government response to
the consultation (Government Response)
http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file39592.pdf
Increasing the holiday entitlement: a further
consultation. Final regulatory impact assessment (Final RIA)
http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file39873.pdf
Example 2—Package Travel Regulations
The Government consulted on new Guidance for
the travel industry, aimed at helping them assess whether part
or all of their business constitutes a "package" for
the purposes of the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package
Tours Regulations 1992 and the Civil Aviation (Air Travel Organisers'
Licensing) Regulations 1995. The new Guidance would replace an
earlier version, and reflects developments in the interpretation
of the law in the light of recent court decisions.
Consultation (Including Partial IA)
Consultation on draft guidance for business.
Application of the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package
Tours Regulations 1992: definition of a `package' (Consultation
Document and Partial IA)
http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file40258.pdf
Government Response (including Final IA)
Consultation on draft guidance for: the Package
Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992: definition
of a package. Government response (Government Response and Final
IA)
http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file43849.pdf
Example 3—use of the terms "vegetarian"
and "vegan" in food labelling
The Food Standards Agency proposed draft guidance
on the use of the terms "vegetarian" and "vegan"
in food labelling, to improve clarity and consumer confidence
in this area. The proposed guidance is not mandatory or legally
binding but introduce advisory criteria for the use of the terms
"vegetarian" and "vegan" in food labelling.
Consultation (including partial RIA) and summary
of response report
http://www.food.gov.uk/consultations/ukwideconsults/2005/vegveganlabelconsult
Final RIA (see para 10.5)
http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/vegitermsria.pdf
Better Regulation Executive
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory
Reform
February 2008
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