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This document has been written by the RPC, in consultation with stakeholders, to help departments and regulators undertake proportionate analysis.
This page provides RPC guidance on how to produce a robust and evidence-based SaMBA.
This document contains the Regulatory Policy Committee's engagement offer to departments and information on what should be submitted to the RPC.
This is the RPC's case histories section on direct and indirect impacts.
Guidance to government departments on the RPC's scrutiny process.
The RPC are committed to improving the regulatory understanding and skills of policymakers across government.
Guidance on the high level recommendations the RPC use when scrutinising impact assessments
This is the RPC's updated case histories section on the assessment and scoring of primary legislation measures, version updated August 2019.
This is the RPC's case histories section on other business impact target (BIT) methodology issues.
This guidance document summarises how the RPC undertakes its casework function.
This is the RPC's case histories section on post-implementation reviews (PIRs).
This is the RPC's case histories section on rationale for intervention, January 2021.
This is the RPC's case histories section on counterfactuals, September 2020.
This is the RPC's case histories section on the Small and Micro Business Assessment (SaMBA), updated August 2019.
The Regulatory Policy Committee provides the government with external, independent scrutiny of the evidence supporting changes in law that affect businesses, charities and community groups.
This is the RPC's case histories section on appraisal periods, September 2020.
This is the RPC's case histories document, December 2016 version.
This note sets out the factors that the RPC will look for in impact assessments where the precautionary principle is cited as a key rationale for intervention.
This is a short RPC guidance note on assessing Covid-19 restrictions-related impacts in regulatory impact assessments.
This is an illustrative, non-exhaustive summary diagram of existing appraisal and framework guidance.
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