Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many proposals launched in the 2020 consultation entitled Reforming Regulation Initiative, have been implemented by his Department as of 18 February 2022.

The Regulatory Reform Initiative (RRI) was launched between March to June 2020 to identify possible opportunities to improve the UK regulatory reform. Of the 72 responses received, 58 relate to existing government initiatives, while the remaining 14 responses are not feasible or are not applicable to the RRI.

As set out in the January ‘Benefits of Brexit’ announcement, the Government is committed to upholding flexible regulatory frameworks and rules that bear down on compliance costs and ensure enforcement is modernised and joined up. The rules we set will be outcomes-focused and proportionate with the clear objective of delivering growth and innovation.

As part of this, we are delivering a package of reforms to the regulatory framework that aim to deliver on the Government’s key priorities, while improving, and controlling the flow of, regulation that impacts on business.

The Government has also made a commitment to cut £1 billion of business costs from retained EU red tape.