tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/guidance-and-regulation Guidance and regulation from Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) 2025-11-13T09:59:20+00:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/small-and-micro-business-assessment-samba-guidance 2025-11-13T09:59:20+00:00 Assessing the impact of regulation on small and micro businesses How to assess the impact of a regulatory policy measure on small businesses (less than 50 employees) and micro businesses (less than 10 employees). tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-options-september-2020 2025-11-13T09:53:51+00:00 Considering the options for regulation How to consider an appropriate range of options for a regulatory policy measure, including alternatives to regulation. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-trade-investment-assessments-october-2020 2025-11-13T09:50:37+00:00 Assessing the impact of regulation on trade and investment How to assess the wider impacts of a regulatory policy measure on trade and investment. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-post-implementation-reviews-march-2019 2025-11-13T09:41:12+00:00 Reviewing the impact of regulation after implementation How to produce a post-implementation review of a regulatory policy measure. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-permissive-legislation-february-2020 2025-11-13T09:34:54+00:00 Assessing the impact of permissive regulation How to assess the impact of a regulatory policy measure that is not mandatory for businesses to act on. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-other-bit-methodology-issues-march-2019 2025-11-13T09:24:47+00:00 Measuring business impact and resources to comply with regulation How to measure the business impact of regulation using profit and gross value added indicators, and how to consider the resources used in regulation compliance. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-direct-and-indirect-impacts-march-2019 2025-11-13T09:08:04+00:00 Assessing direct and indirect impacts of regulation on business How to determine whether a regulatory policy measure has a direct or indirect impact on businesses. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-appraisal-periods-september-2020 2025-11-13T09:00:03+00:00 Determining appraisal periods for regulatory costs and benefits How to choose appraisal periods to calculate the cost benefit analysis and the business impact of a regulatory policy measure. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-guidance-using-the-precautionary-principle-january-2020 2025-11-10T12:16:20+00:00 Using the precautionary principle in regulation How to explain the rationale for a regulatory policy measure when scientific uncertainty exists regarding risks to human, animal, plant or environmental health. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-guidance-issues-around-defining-a-business-january-2020 2025-11-10T12:03:38+00:00 Defining a business for the purpose of regulation How to identify location, public or private sector and the difference between business and commercial activity by individuals for a regulatory policy measure. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-short-guidance-note-implementation-costs-august-2019 2025-11-10T11:54:44+00:00 Estimating the costs of implementing regulation How to estimate the costs to business associated with reading, disseminating and making the necessary changes to become compliant with proposed regulation. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-monitoring-and-evaluation-plans-may-2025 2025-05-28T13:31:00+01:00 Creating a monitoring and evaluation plan for regulation How to make a plan to assess whether a regulatory policy measure has met its objectives as part of an options assessment or impact assessment. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-opinion-template-explanation 2025-05-28T00:00:00+01:00 How RPC scrutinises the analysis supporting regulatory proposals An explanation of the Regulatory Policy Committee's approach to giving opinions on the quality of the evidence and analysis submitted by government departments. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-rationale-for-intervention-january-2021 2021-01-29T13:24:00+00:00 Explaining the evidence for why regulation is necessary How to explain the rationale for government intervention when assessing the impact of a regulatory policy measure. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-competition-assessments-october-2020 2020-10-02T12:49:00+01:00 Assessing the impact of regulation on competition How to assess the impact of a regulatory policy measure on competition in markets. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-counterfactuals-september-2020--2 2020-09-28T14:22:00+01:00 Using counterfactual options to assess the impact of regulation How to understand what the consequences of inaction would be to compare alternative options for a regulatory policy measure. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-primary-legislation-ias-august-2019 2019-08-29T11:29:00+01:00 RPC case histories – primary legislation impact assessments This is the RPC's updated case histories section on the assessment and scoring of primary legislation measures. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/proportionality-in-regulatory-submissions-guidance 2019-05-09T16:55:41+01:00 Providing a proportionate assessment of the impact of regulation How to gather and analyse a proportionate level of evidence about the impact of a regulatory policy measure. tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/publications/rpc-case-histories-december-2016-volume 2019-03-27T14:21:00+00:00 RPC case histories - December 2016 volume This is the RPC's case histories document, December 2016 version.