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Chapter 3................................................................................................................. 52
Reducing policy burdens and irritants..................................................... 52
Policy burdens: Process by
individual Department and Agency........................................................ 53
Reducing Non-Monetary Irritants.......................................................... 55
Contents 3
Foreword by the Prime Minister
Following the recent global year - saving them time, money The publication of our first
financial crisis and as global and resources to direct towards Forward Regulatory Programme
competition increases, it is achieving their ambitions for and creation of a new body, the
more important than ever that the future. Regulatory Policy Committee
the Government continues to shows our commitment to
We are on target to cut the
ensure a regulatory framework improve transparency,
administrative burden of existing
that is fair, appropriate and accountability and external
regulation by 25% by May 2010.
reflects the demands of a 21st scrutiny.
But we want to go further and our
century economy.
new target of £6.5 billion will This report sets out what the
The Government is focused on address both the administrative Government has achieved so
striking the right balance and wider costs of regulation. far this year and since 2005,
between guaranteeing essential and we will continue to do
We are working hard across
protections and rights are upheld everything we can to foster Peter Mandelson
Government to establish
and recognising the impact of growth, innovation and fairness Secretary of State for Business,
regulation that is targeted and
excessive regulations on through better regulation. Innovation and Skills
proportionate and to help
businesses and our third sector.
organisations get the simple,
Our ambitious Better Regulation clear advice and support they
Agenda is already delivering real need to implement measures
benefits. The programme to effectively.
reduce administrative burdens is
achieving billions of net savings
to individual organisations every
Summary
Chapter 1 E
xecutive Summary
Chapter 2 Better Regulation – what next?
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Chapter 1
Executive Summary
The Administrative Burden environment, which is fair and Since the beginning of the Public sector organisations
Reduction Programme – proportionate and responds to a Administrative Burden Reduction also face administrative
saving businesses time and rapidly changing global economy. Programme in 2005, the burdens. In 2009 there has
money by reducing red tape. Government has implemented been real progress on reducing
The Administrative Burden
280 separate simplification the number of information
Effective and evidence-based Reduction Programme, part
measures to reduce the time requests and on reducing the
regulations can play a critical role of the UK’s Regulatory Reform
and money businesses, charities burden of information requests
in correcting market failures, and Agenda, identifies, simplifies
and the public sector spend on from central Government to
provide essential protections for and sometimes removes the
administration. public sector organisations.
the general public. administrative burden placed
These reductions are a positive
on organisations to demonstrate Her Majesty’s Revenue and
The Better Regulation Agenda and tangible step in reducing
they are complying with Customs (HMRC) is also
encourages Government to cut bureaucracy for the public
regulations. committed to reducing the
unnecessary bureaucracy and sector front line.
administrative burden of tax
out of date regulations – making The Government is committed
regulation and has been set
life simpler for businesses, third to reducing the administrative
separate reduction targets by
sector organisations and the burden faced by business and
the Chancellor. Details of this
public sector front line. the third sector by 25% by May
programme can be found on
2010, and expects to deliver
In the current economic climate it the HMRC website1.
approximately £3.3 billion net
is particularly important to make
annual savings. By December
sure that Government creates a
2009 Government has delivered
world-leading regulatory
£2.9 billion net annual savings
towards this target.
The Government has a has reviewed the regulations comprehensive forward The Government has also set up
wide-ranging regulatory it is introducing which would indication of existing and possible a new independent Regulatory
reform programme. The increase burdens on business future regulatory proposals to Policy Committee whose role is
current programme began during the recession and allow for improved medium-term to advise the Government on
in 2005. In April 2009 the recovery. Twenty six planned business planning. whether it is doing all it can to
Government set out the next regulations will now not be accurately assess the costs and
The Government is also working
steps to drive forward the introduced before April 2011, benefits of regulation. Building
closely with European Union
Better Regulation Agenda. deferring costs to businesses of on the work of Philip Hampton,
partners to further embed the EU
£3.5 billion, nearly one third of the this body will also advise the
The recent economic climate has Better Regulation Agenda and to
new regulation that was planned Government on whether
underpinned the importance of ensure the current pressures on
for introduction over the next 18 regulators are appropriately
the Government’s focus on business are taken into account
months. This includes delaying risk-based in their work.
delivering real help for business. when new European regulation is
giving employees of small and
In April this year the Government being considered.
medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
therefore committed to a further
the right to request paid time to Looking forward, the Government
programme of better regulation
train until 2011, to help small will adopt new simplification
measures tailored to the
business through the recovery, targets for 2010 to 2015 which will
exceptional economic
and delaying new building address all regulatory costs on
circumstances.
regulations until 2013. business including a further
Despite the need for new £1.5 billion net annual savings
In October 2009, the Government
regulation in some areas (such target for administrative costs
published, for the first time, a
as climate change, and financial and a £5 billion policy cost
Forward Regulatory Programme.
services in response to the reduction target.
This provides business with a
banking crisis), the Government
“It saves time and effort, not just in terms of printing and HSE’s public consultation in Autumn 2008 showed strong support
postage but also because the statutory time limit starts virtually for removing the requirements. This included support from local
instantaneously, whereas for posting you need to allow two days. authorities. The amending legislation came into effect in April
It therefore means that our business can run more efficiently and 2009, reducing the administrative burden on businesses by
cost-effectively and this benefits our customers too.” £21 million annually.
Administrative Burden
Reduction Programme
13
Chapter 1
3. The figures from May 2006 to December 2008 have been revised to reflect 2009 baseline adjustments. Section 2 | Chapter 1: Year 4: Progress so far 14
In December 2009, the With this in mind, this year we
Programme is on track, and is have derived a risk-based Forestry Commission
now delivering £2.9 billion in net analysis of the programme, which e-Business for Forestry
annual savings, meeting the sets out a cautious estimate of
predicted December 2008 final delivery. We currently " It's virtually a revolutionary change in the way
delivery forecast. This shows expect, on the cautious case, we handle all the adminstration of our buying.
good recent progress following that the programme would
some under-delivery in May 2009 deliver around £3.2 billion in Electronic trading has saved us a full-time post;
against Departments’ December annual savings by May 2010. it is faster, more efficient, and makes better
2008 forecasts. This cautious estimate takes into data available, with no need for checking."
account potential delays in the
The cross-programme forward Neil Cowan, Howie Forest Products
take-up of some measures.
forecast for delivery to May 2010
As a result of recent economic E-Business for Forestry has moved paperwork required by
shows that the Programme will
conditions, business has the Forestry Commission online. This has brought savings
deliver £3.3 billion net annual
understandably been slower than of over £1.4 million to its customers.
savings. However, there is very
anticipated in taking up some of
little contingency across the
the available opportunities to
Programme. It is important that
reduce administrative costs. In
all Departments manage their
this cautious-case analysis we
individual delivery programmes
anticipate that the programme
very carefully over the next five
would deliver £3.2 billion by May
months to ensure delivery of the
2010 and the full £3.3 billion in net
final target in May 2010.
annual savings by October 2010.
Two new measures will provide a greater degree of flexibility • The External Validation
and reduce the need for completely new applications for Panel has validated 77.5%
planning permission. of gross savings reported by
Departments to May 2009.
A simplified planning application procedure at a reduced fee will
allow property developers to seek an extension to the time limits • Between May and December
for implementing an existing planning permission. Businesses 2009, Departments have made
will also be able to apply to make non-material changes to an further progress. They have
existing permission through a simple application procedure with delivered a further £549
a quick turnaround time. million net annual savings
to business.
In addition to the £18.6 million savings for businesses, there will
be a reduction in workload for Local Planning Authorities, as these • Savings delivered between
measures will reduce the numbers of completely new applications May and December 2009 will
for planning permission. be validated by the External
Validation Panel in 2010.
FIGURE 2: Top New Simplification Measures delivering savings in 2009 (figure continues on the next page)
HSE
Manual Handling Operations
"Additional clarity of best practice and regulation that is readily and
easily accessible through electronic/internet access can only be a good
thing and therefore a supportive tool to supply chain handlers promoting
best practice with suppliers/manufacturers/ importers of goods."
Stuart Rainbow, Chairman, Parcel Carriers Safety Association
Lack of clarity surrounding when it was necessary to give workers guidance on the weight of every
load they had to carry was causing an estimated £150 million cost to business. To help businesses
reduce unnecessary costs whilst continuing to protect their workers, HSE produced additional
guidance on labelling loads in May 2008.
Ninety-one percent of respondents who had read the guidance stated in an online questionnaire
that the guidance helped them understand when a load needed labelling. Respondents expected
to save between £262 and £1,314 annually from reduced labelling, which translates to £32.5 million
savings across the board.
CLG 1.2 million pieces of electrical work a year are now certified by £136m
Competent Persons ‘competent persons’, rather than having to go through Building
Scheme Control inspection, saving around £110 per check.
(£132m Validated by External Validation Panel as at May 2008)
BIS Replacement of the complex Weights and Measures (Packaged £129m
(former DIUS) Goods) Regulations 1986 to provide a more consistent, certain,
Weights and Measures accessible and comprehensive law.
(£129m validated by External Validation Panel as at May 2008)
BIS Businesses no longer need to comply with statutory instruments £115m
Dispute Resolution as the Employment Act 2008 allows companies to follow the Acas
code of practice. This code sets out the principles to follow when
addressing disputes.
(£115m validated by External Validation Panel as at May 2009)
DH Pharmaceutical companies can now self-certify minor changes to £104.9m
Better Regulation of patient information on over-the-counter medicines, saving them
Medicines Initiative time and money whilst allowing the MHRA to concentrate on
(BROMI) Phase 1 scrutinising complex changes.
(£104.9m validated by External Validation Panel as at May 2008)
DEPT BASELINE TARGET TARGET MAY 2009 MAY 2009 DEC 2009 DEC 2009 MAY 2010 MAY 2010
BY MAY BY MAY
(£m) 2010 (£m) 2010 (%) (£m) (%) (£M) (%) (£M) (%)
BIS £4,489.0 £1,122.3 25% £902.8 20.11% £1,114.5 24.83% £1,137.5 25.34%
CLG £2,486.5 £621.6 25% £376.1 15.12% £483.1 19.43% £623.8 25.09%
HSE £2,022.5 £505.6 25% £382.7 18.92% £500.3 24.73% £540.0 26.70%
DH £1,201.9 £300.5 25% £157.1 13.07% £197.9 16.47% £196.5 16.35%
DfT £585.0 £146.3 25% £115.2 19.69% £115.5 19.75% £141.6 24.20%
DWP £471.0 £117.8 25% £136.0 28.87% £136.0 28.87% £136.0 28.87%
Defra £458.2 £114.6 25% £55.7 12.16% £90.3 19.70% £91.5 19.98%
MoJ £356.0 £89.0 25% £67.1 18.84% £68.8 19.32% £92.5 25.98%
DCMS £343.2 £85.8 25% £155.8 45.40% £158.2 46.19% £158.5 46.19%
DCSF £209.7 £52.4 25% £8.3 3.96% £24.6 11.75% £55.4 26.43%
HMT £158.9 £39.7 25% £67.4 42.42% £67.4 42.42% £105.4 66.33%
Food SA* £90.5 £22.6 25% -£68.7 -75.86% -£68.7 -75.86% -£24.7 -27.24%
Home Office £83.0 £20.8 25% £19.1 23.00% £32.0 38.49% £32.2 38.76%
ONS £48.7 £12.2 25% £6.4 13.14% £6.4 13.14% £9.3 19.10%
Charity Commission £36.6 £9.2 25% £1.1 3.05% £6.0 16.43% £6.0 16.4%
Cabinet Office £15.4 £5.4 35% £0.0 0.00% £0.0 0.00% £2.4 15.6%
GEO £5.7 £1.4 25% -£0.3 -4.39% -£0.3 -4.39% -£0.3 -4.39%
Forestry Commission £1.46 £0.4 25% £0.4 26.44% £0.4 26.44% £0.4 26.44%
DECC £76.97 N/A N/A -£4.7 N/A -£5.6 N/A -£14.4 N/A
Total £13,140.3 £3,286.64 25% £2,377.5 18.09% £2,926.8 22.27% £3,289.8 25.04%
*EU food and feed hygiene regulations, introduced on 1 January 2006, increased the Food Standard Agency’s burden
from £90.5m to £204m. Food SA project a reduction in gross admin burdens of £89m by May 2010.
4. Target delivery for cross-Government programme incorporating DECC baseline Section 2 | Chapter 1: Year 4: Progress so far 24
The chart below shows that, FIGURE 5: Admin Burden Reduction Programme – Net trajectory May 2005 - May 2010.
following some under-delivery in Cautious and best case forecast by May 2010.
May 2009 against Departments`
December 2008 forecasts, in £4,000
December 2009 the programme
is on track and is now delivering
£3,500
£2.9 billion in net annual savings, £3.35bn
£3.290bn
meeting the predicted December
2008 delivery forecast. £3,000 £3.191bn
£2.927bn
£2.89bn
A risk-based analysis of the £2.635bn
programme has been carried £2,500
out to predict the best-case and
£2.378bn
cautious estimates of final
delivery in May 2010. The cautious £2,000
estimate takes into account £1.95bn
£1.66bn
potential delays in the take-up of
£1,500
some measures, reflecting that,
as a result of recent economic
conditions, some measures are £1,000
being taken up by business more
slowly than originally anticipated. £0.67bn
The cautious analysis anticipates £500
that the programme will deliver £0.35bn
£3.2 billion by May 2010 and that Delivered Forecast
£0
the full £3.3 billion in net annual
savings will be delivered by May 2006 May 2007 May 2008 Dec 2008 May 2009 Dec 2009 May 2010
October 2010. External Validation Panel established
SP09 - best-case forecast to May 2010
SP08 - net reductions
Target by May 2010 based on Dec 2009 baseline
SP09 - cautious forecast to May 2010
The External Validation Panel The Panel provides a robust The focus of the External
was established in 2008 in challenge and quality assurance Validation Panel (EVP) is to test
response to recommendations role and is made up of the assumptions underpinning
from external stakeholders, representatives from the the reported administrative
including the National Audit Confederation of British burden reductions to ensure the
Office. The Government agreed Industry, the Institute of changes have been effectively
that, as more measures started Directors, the British Chambers communicated to business and
to deliver opportunities for of Commerce, the Federation of that business is actually
businesses to make savings, Small Businesses and the benefiting from the savings
external scrutiny to assess Trades Union Congress. claimed by Departments.
whether savings were being felt
by business was essential.
“The External Validation Panel provides a necessary credibility check to the administrative
burden savings that Government Departments claim. The CBI is pleased to have played a
part in scrutinising this year’s claims against the experiences of business.”
Lucy Findlay, Confederation of British Industry
“The FSB was pleased to have been involved with the “The External Validation Panel is essential to the
External Validation process of the simplification work credibility of the Administrative Burden Reduction
of some Government Departments over the last year. Programme. The Panel’s scrutiny of claimed savings not
It is extremely important that the assumptions and only engenders confidence in the system from external
calculations that Departments made are tested against stakeholders, but also allows civil servants the benefit
what business believes to be the case. Our findings on of a different perspective on their progress. Continuance
the Panel demonstrate that there are differing opinions of this type of engagement is vital if policymakers are to
about how a saving can be calculated and what level of truly understand the views of the business community.”
evidence is needed. The FSB would welcome continued Steve Hughes, British Chambers of Commerce
involvement in this work.”
Sara Higham, Federation of Small Businesses
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has In 2009 the Office of the Third Sector published ‘Principles of
launched a free desktop tool. Proportionate Monitoring’5 and collaborated with the National Audit
Office to publish ‘Intelligent Monitoring’6. These reports encourage
Employment Law Organiser provides a summary of the key Government Departments to take account of the third sector in
obligations that every employer in a small to medium sized creating less burdensome monitoring regimes.
enterprise (SME) needs to meet – from small business managers
to charity directors – and includes links through to the relevant A number of Departments including DCSF, DfT and MoJ have
free guidance on the Business Link website. embedded the principles of these reports into grant-making practices.
This will begin to benefit third sector organisations in 2009 to 10.
As many third sector organisations don’t have a dedicated HR team
to help out, the new tool will make it much simpler for bosses to
comply with their obligations, saving them time and money.
Sitting as an icon on a PC desktop, Employment Law Organiser
can be opened quickly and used when needed.
The Employment Law Organiser will be automatically updated as
and when new legislation is introduced helping employers keep up
to date with their obligations.
Employment Law Organiser is in addition to the £418 million
of savings delivered through the employment law guidance
programme.
www.businesslink.gov.uk/employmentlaworganiser
5. http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/216752/principles.pdf
6. http://www.nao.org.uk/guidance_and_good_practice/toolkits/intelligent_monitoring.aspx?alreadysearchfor=yes Section 2 | Chapter 2: The Third Sector 33
DCSF
Proportionate Monitoring of Grants
"We have to answer a number of key questions
about how we run the project, what we've
achieved, how we've done it.
“It used to take me about two hours to do the report and we had
to send it in four times a year. Now the reporting process has
changed to twice a year and I can get it all done in an hour, which
is a real time saver. And the new templates are much easier to
use. It’s very valuable for us to save that time. Having the ability
to produce very simple but informative paperwork in a far
reduced style is fantastic for us.”
Carol Olley, Project Manager, Transplant Sport
7. http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/risk-assessment-and-policy-template.doc
8. www.businesslink.gov.uk/employmentlaworganiser Section 2 | Chapter 3: Helping Small Businesses 37
DCSF BIS
Removal of requirement National Measurements Office –
to send information in hard copy Using a statistical sample to test products
"Having these documents / policies and " We are a small company and these changes
procedures on the website means that they are are really welcome, particularly during the
easily accessible for parents and also updated current economic downturn. We anticipate the
when necessary without having to send out paper new policy will save our business approximately
copies every time." £15,000 every year, a significant and very
Grantham Farm Montessori School welcome benefit."
David House, Technical Advisor of Beaumont TM Ltd
The school, an SME, welcomes the removal of the requirement to
send out hard copy information to parents, allowing them to Previously, regulations required each individual alcoholic
publish information online instead as a “step in the right direction”. spirit measuring instrument to be tested to ensure it met the
The removal of this requirement will save schools £16.3 million annually. legal requirements.
Improvements in manufacturing techniques now mean that some
manufacturers can produce instruments in consistent ‘batches’ -
if one instrument passed the test then it was probable that all the
instruments in the batch would pass the test.
Following consultation, the National Measurement Office
amended the legislation to allow the option of testing samples
of the batch as opposed to testing every instrument.
Manufacturers, installers and repairers of trade equipment John Charles established Catering2Order in 2007 and now
are now able to self verify after they have adjusted equipment employs 15 staff. Since the early stages of setting up his
to improve its accuracy. business, he has used many of the tools available on
www.businesslink.gov.uk
This change has mainly benefitted petrol and diesel retailers
whose equipment is subject to quite frequent repair. It has saved Improvements to employment law guidance have saved
the retail fuel industry approximately £615,000 a year. businesses £418 million a year.
Wider Simplifications
(outside of Admin Burden
Reduction Programme)
Chapter 1 T
he Public Sector
Chapter 2 S
implifications at the European level
Chapter 3 R
educing policy burdens and irritants
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Chapter 1
Reducing bureaucracy Cutting Bureaucracy for our 2009 achievements in 30% Reduction in Number
in the Public Sector Public Services: Key Aims reducing bureaucracy in of Requests for Information
The 2007 Government strategy, • Fewer and better co-ordinated the Public Sector In 2007, eleven Government
“Cutting Bureaucracy for our requests for data from the This year there has been real Departments identified and
Public Services” set out to front line – 30% reduction in progress on reducing the number published figures which meant
address concerns from frontline information requests from of information requests and on that, for the first time,
workers that too much time was central Government to the reducing the burden of Government had a picture of what
being spent on unnecessary public sector front line by 2010; information requests from information is being requested
paperwork and requests for central Government. The bulk from the public sector frontline.
• A reduction in the stock of
information from central of delivery has now been made,
unnecessary bureaucracy in Nine Government Departments
Government Departments. which is a positive and tangible
the areas the front line cares are now reducing the number of
The strategy seeks to deliver a step in reducing central
most about; information requests9. To date,
tangible and permanent reduction Government bureaucracy for a 30.8% reduction has been
in unnecessary Government • Better engagement with the public sector front line. delivered across these nine
bureaucracy to allow frontline frontline workers to identify
Departments, five of which have
staff to spend more time and remove bureaucracy; and
already delivered a reduction of
delivering key services.
• Better regulation that is at least 30%.
understood and mirrored
through the public service
delivery chain.
9. A
s the Department of Health is reducing the ‘number’ of ‘data line’ requests in Social Care (28.6% to date) and
the overall ‘burden’ of data requests in Healthcare they have not been included in this aggregate. Healthcare
burden reduction is a larger programme of work and is recorded separately. Section 3 | Chapter 1: The Public Sector 41
FIGURE 7: Delivery on the reduction in number of information requests from central Government
MoJ 82 57 54
CLG 148 91 91
DWP 17 11 8
Cabinet Office 8 8 8
Ex-BERR10 21 15 15
Defra 20 8 8
DfT 38 26 26
DCMS 33 30 30
Home Office 111 85 75
TOTAL 478 331 315
10. The ex-BERR baseline includes data streams that are now the responsibility of either DECC or BIS Section 3 | Chapter 1: The Public Sector 42
FIGURE 8: Reduction of information requests
160
140
NUMBER OF INFORMATION REQUESTS
120
100
80
60
40
20
Number of Information Requests in 2007 (Baseline)
Number of Information Requests in 2009
DEPARTMENT
11. ‘Putting the Front-line First: Smarter Government’: HM Government, CM 7753, December 2008 Section 3 | Chapter 1: The Public Sector 46
Chapter 2
Policy costs differ from £221.3m £736.8m £917.6m £1,071.2m £1,190.0m £1,464.6m
administrative costs which
are incurred in gathering
information about a firm’s
activities and providing
evidence of compliance.
FIGURE 11: Top policy savings for private and third sectors between 2005-2009 (figure continues on the next page)
Annexes
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Annex A
The Administrative Burden • In some cases the • The cumulative result of Our overall view is that the
Reduction Programme report implementation of these two factors is that Programme is still on track to
this year includes best-case and simplification measures Departments are being more deliver, albeit with tight margins.
cautious delivery forecasts to is likely to be delayed cautious about the delivery The Government’s cautious
May 2010. due to linkages with the claims they are making estimates result in a marginally
legislative programme (if a against their targets and their lower delivery overall. The net
• For some simplification
Parliamentary Bill is delayed predictions for future delivery. cautious estimate for delivery by
measures, whilst the
then the framework changes May 2010 is £99.8 million lower
Department has put the This has led us to carry out a
cannot be made to support than the net best-case estimate,
legislative and regulatory more detailed analysis of the
a simplification). This is, in or delivery of 24.28% overall as
framework in place, offering programme overall, and the risks
part, due to the pressure on compared to the 25.04% best-
the opportunity for savings to delivery, than in previous
Parliamentary time over the case estimate.
in administrative processes, reporting years. The results of
last session with unexpected
businesses have not taken this analysis are shown below
and more urgent legislative
advantage of the opportunities and depict our best-case and
pressures, taking precedence
presented. This is primarily cautious estimates of delivery.
in some cases.
because, given the recent
economic climate, business
leaders’ attention has
been elsewhere.
£4,000
£3,500
£3.35bn
£3.290bn
£3.191bn
£3,000
£2.927bn
£2.89bn
£2.635bn
£2,500
£2.378bn
£2,000
£1.95bn
£1.66bn
£1,500
£1,000
£0.67bn
£500
£0.35bn
Delivered Forecast
£0
May 2006 May 2007 May 2008 Dec 2008 May 2009 Dec 2009 May 2010
FIGURE 13: Administrative Burden Reduction Programme – Net trajectory May 2005 – May 2010.
Cautious and best case forecast by May 2010 (figure continues on the next two pages)
ONS Further measures to reduce £0m £2.9m £1.45m Measure is implemented late
the administrative burden of in the programme and may not
surveys on business realise full savings
DfT Introductions of digital £14m £24.76m £17m Whilst measure is in place,
tachographs take up may be slower than
The move from analogue to first expected
digital tachographs reduces
the cost of making records
of drivers’ hours, greatly
Savings
NUMBER OF TOTAL GROSS Total gross savings to Total gross % of May 2008
MEASURES (£M) May 08 reported in SP08 savings to delivery
May 08 reported as validated by EVP
May 08 delivery selected for 24 £1,992.0m
validated
review by EVP08
in SP08
May 08 delivery not selected 182 £284.6m
£2,148.0m £1,863.4m 86.75%
for review by EVP08
13. This figure does not include two measures delivered by MoJ regarding Legal Aid Reforms worth
a total of £27.65m which were incorrectly included in the BRE/Department validation total in the
2008 Summary Report. These measures were subsequently put forward to the EVP09 to ensure
savings were effectively implemented and felt by businesses. Section 4 | Annex B: External Validation Panel May 2005 – May 2009 64
FIGURE 17: Result of 2008 validation
EVP REF DEPT SIMPLIFICATION NAME VALUE CLAIMED BY IMPLEMENTATION DATE VALUE VALIDATED FINAL EVP08 STATUS
DEPT AS AT MAY 08 (DEPT) BY EVP (MAY 08)
EVP08 1 BERR Electronic communication £76m May 2007 - May 2008 £76m Fully validated
with shareholders
EVP08 2 BERR Capital Maintenance £68m May 2007 - May 2008 £68m Fully validated
EVP08 3 BERR Remove requirement £45m May 2007 - May 2008 £45m Fully validated
for private companies
to hold AGM
EVP08 5 CLG Housing Act 1985 Repeal £207m May-05 £207m Fully validated
of Part XI
EVP08 6 HSE Sensible Risk £163.3m May-08 £163.3m Fully validated
Management - Example
Risk Assessments
EVP08 7 CLG Competent Persons £132m Dec-05 £132m Fully validated
Schemes
EVP08 8 DIUS Weights and Measures: £129m May-06 £129m Fully validated
Weights and Measures
(Packaged Goods)
regulations 1986
EVP08 9 DH BROMI + EU + £104m Dec-06 £104m Fully validated
Pharmaceutical
EVP08 10 DCMS Licensing Act 2003 £181m May-06 £181m Fully validated
EVP08 11 DWP Replace minimum funding £64m Dec-05 £64m Fully validated
requirement legislation
EVP08 12 DCMS Gambling Act 2006 £56.6m N/A £56.6m Fully validated
EVP08 13 CLG Fire Safety RRO £53m Dec-06 £53m Fully validated
EVP08 16 BERR Various Employment £418m Dec-07 £418m Fully validated
Guidance measures
EVP REF DEPT SIMPLIFICATION NAME VALUE CLAIMED BY IMPLEMENTATION DATE Value withdrawn FINAL EVP08 STATUS
DEPT AS AT MAY 08 (DEPT) (May 08)
EVP08 4 BERR Other Companies Act £28m May 2007 - May 2008 £28m Withdrawn -
measures including not yet delivered
codification of directors’
general duties
EVP08 14 Defra TSE Regulations 2006 £44.4m May-06 £44.4m Withdrawn -
technical adjustments
EVP REF DEPT SIMPLIFICATION NAME VALUE CLAIMED BY IMPLEMENTATION DATE VALUE REJECTED FINAL EVP08 STATUS
DEPT AS AT MAY 08 (DEPT)
EVP08 15 HSE Manual Handling £32.5m May-08 £32.5m Deferred- savings
Operations Regulations not yet delivered
SUBTOTAL £32.5m £32.5m
14. This total value includes measures initially selected by the panel which were withdrawn during the
scrutiny process (DCSF - Independent Schools (£18.1m) and DEFRA - The Animal Welfare Code of
recommendations (£10m)) Section 4 | Annex B: External Validation Panel May 2005 – May 2009 70
FIGURE 23: EVP09 Overview FIGURE 24: Result of 2009 validation
Total gross % of new delivery Total gross savings to Gross May 09 % of May 2009
(£m) put forward to May 09 reported in SP09 delivery validated delivery validated
EVP09 by either EVP or
BRE/Departments
Delivery validated by the EVP09 £453.94m 57.8%
across the
Delivery to be reported as £150.1m 19.1% programme
delivered but not validated
£3,147m £2,438.64m 77.5%
Delivery deferred by the Panel £181.8m 23.1%
Total gross
(£m)
Gross Dec 09 delivery £3,921m
to be reported in SP09
EVP REF DEPT SIMPLIFICATION NAME Value claimed by IMPLEMENTATION DATE Value validated FINAL EVP09 STATUS
Dept (May 09) (DEPT) by EVP (May 09)
EVP09 1 BIS Dispute resolution £115m Jan-May 09 £115m Fully validated
(ex BERR) (Employment Law)
EVP09 3b DWP Employers’ Liability £21m June-Dec 08 £21m Fully validated
Compulsory Insurance
certificates (Review) -
Part 1&2
EVP09 5a BIS Simpler law for smaller £21.60m June-Dec 07 £21.60m Fully validated
(ex BERR) firms (Company Law and
Accounting)
EVP09 5b BIS (ex Simpler law for smaller £16.80m June-Dec 07 £16.80m Fully validated
BERR) firms (Company Law and
Accounting)
EVP09 7 CLG Delivering electronic £35m Jan-May 08 £35m Fully validated
capability a) Standard
Planning Application Form
EVP09 9 HSE Manual Handling £32.50m Jan-May 09 £32.50m Fully validated
Operations Regulations
EVP09 11 CLG Delivering electronic £25m Jan-May 08 £25m Fully validated
capability b) validity criteria
EVP09 13 CLG Fire Safety RRO £21m June-Dec 06 £21m Fully validated
EVP09 14 HSE Forms project (Removal £21m Jan-May 09 £21m Fully validated
of 8 forms required by
the Factories Act, Offices,
Shops and Railway
Premises Act (OSR Act))
EVP09 15 CLG E-Enablement of Building £20m June-Dec 08 £20m Fully validated
Control Service
EVP09 17 MoJ Legal Aid Reforms- £15.6m Jan-May 07 £15.6m Fully validated
Implementation of the Civil
Unified Contract (Removal
of 3 data requirements from
Not for Profit Contracts)
EVP REF DEPT SIMPLIFICATION NAME Value claimed by IMPLEMENTATION DATE Value validated FINAL EVP09 STATUS
Dept (May 09) (DEPT) by EVP (May 09)
EVP09 10 Home Points Based System £25m Jan-May 08 £12.5m Partially validated -
Office (PBS) for Work Permits delivery which can be
reported as delivered
but unvalidated in SP09
EVP09 22 DfT Introduction of electronic £10.7m Jan-May 06 £9.6m Partially validated -
vehicle licensing (EVL) delivery which can be
reported as delivered
but unvalidated in SP09
SUBTOTAL £35.7m £22.1m
FIGURE 27: Measures for which savings can be reported as delivered but unvalidated in SP09 (figure continues on the next page)
EVP REF DEPT SIMPLIFICATION NAME Value claimed by IMPLEMENTATION DATE Savings which FINAL EVP09 STATUS
Dept (May 09) (DEPT) can be claimed
in SP 09 but as
unvalidated
EVP09 3a DWP Employers’ Liability £37m June-Dec 08 £37m To be reported as
Compulsory Insurance delivered but unvalidated
certificates (Review) -
Part 1&2
EVP09 4 CLG Householder Development £45m Jan-May 09 £6.3m To be reported
Consents Review (HDCR) as delivered but
unvalidated15
EVP09 6 HSE Good practice on worker £36.6m June-Dec 08 £36.6m To be reported as
involvement delivered but unvalidated
EVP09 8 HSE Lifting Operations £33m June-Dec 08 £33m To be reported as
& Lifting Equipment delivered but unvalidated
Regulations and Provision
& Use of Work equipment
Regulations
15. EVP09 concluded that it was too early to validate savings for this measure. BRE subsequently agreed
CLG’s reporting of £15 million minimum savings at May 2009. Section 4 | Annex B: External Validation Panel May 2005 – May 2009 74
EVP REF DEPT SIMPLIFICATION NAME Value claimed by IMPLEMENTATION DATE Savings which FINAL EVP09 STATUS
Dept (May 09) (DEPT) can be claimed
in SP 09 but as
unvalidated
EVP09 12 Defra Common Agricultural £21.20m June-Dec 05 £21.20m To be reported as
Policy Single Payment delivered but unvalidated
and Support Schemes
Regulations 2005
EVP09 27 Charity Trustees Annual Report £2.4m Jan-May 07 £2.4m To be reported as
Commission (TAR) (i) Changes to delivered but unvalidated
Registration threshold in
2006 Act, (ii) Increase in
Audit threshold in 2006 Act
SUBTOTAL £175.2m £136.5m
EVP REF DEPT SIMPLIFICATION NAME Value claimed by IMPLEMENTATION DATE Value withdrawn FINAL EVP09 STATUS
Dept (May 09) (DEPT)
EVP09 16 DCSF Independent Schools: £18.1m Delayed £18.1m Withdrawn
10 information obligations
(package)
EVP09 25 Defra Animal Welfare Code £10m Delayed £10m Withdrawn
of Recommendations
SUBTOTAL £28.1m £28.1m
The measurement of There were two key stages Stage 1 methodology does not set out
administrative burdens was a to reaching the original to achieve a statistically robust
Measurement
substantial and complex administrative burdens baseline: estimate of administrative costs,
undertaking involving Administrative costs are the as this requires a huge sample
• the initial measurement of annual reoccurring costs of
Departments and regulators size, incurring disproportionate
administrative costs; and administrative activities that
across government, co-ordinated expense.
by the Better Regulation businesses and the third sector
• calculating from the
are required to perform in order Instead, it provides a systematic
Executive. The original initial measurement the
to comply with the obligations that approach to measurement that
measurement was carried out administrative burden by
are imposed through central provides indicative data on the
between May 2005 and May 2006 applying a business as
Government regulation. These administrative costs of regulation.
and the results form the usual adjustment.
include, for example, form filling, International experience has
administrative burdens baseline
keeping records or responding to shown this approach to be
as of May 2005. It was against this
information requests. valuable in understanding the
baseline that each participating
regulatory landscape and focus
organisation agreed to a net The measurement of the in simplification activity. The
administrative burden reduction administrative costs of regulation Standard Cost Model methodology
target of 25%, to be achieved by impacting business and the third breaks down regulations into a
2010 (except for Cabinet Office, sector was undertaken using the range of manageable
who chose a 35% target). Standard Cost Model components. This enables the
methodology, as recommended systematic measurement of the
by the Better Regulation Task cost of regulation across
Force. The Standard Cost Model
Baseline Adjustments
1. Machinery of Government 2. BIS made a net baseline 3. Machinery of Government 5. MoJ made a baseline
change resulted in £78.3m adjustment by removing change resulted in transferring adjustment removing a total of
transferring from BERR to a total of £44.3 million from DEFRA (0.2m) and BERR £13.4 million relating to probate
DECC. This left BERR with including the Companies Act (78.3m) to DECC. and letters of administration,
a baseline of £3,990m. 2006; Insolvency (Amendment) data protection and accounts
4. DECC made a baseline
Subsequent Machinery of Rules 2009; The Legislative rules for solicitors and
adjustment of £2.7 million to
Government changes resulted Reform Order (Insolvency) registered foreign lawyers.
transfer back to BIS (ex-BERR)
in transferring £3,990m from (Miscellaneous Provisions)
an information obligation
BERR and £543m from DIUS Order 2009; and Export
relating to Export Control.
to the newly formed BIS. Control; and DRID 1955
Employment Agencies
Estate Agents (Accounts)
Regulations 1981.
16. 25% of baseline indicated for completeness: no simplification target was set for DECC due to its late
inclusion in the Programme (October 2008). Section 4 | Annex D: Baseline Adjustments 81
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