Cabinet Office: EU Law

(asked on 5th November 2015) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which regulations his Office introduced as a result of EU legislation in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015 to date; which regulations his Office expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.


Answered by
Matt Hancock Portrait
Matt Hancock
This question was answered on 13th November 2015

No regulations were introduced by the Cabinet Office as a result of EU legislation in 2013 and 2014.

So far in 2015 the Cabinet Office has introduced the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which have estimated net annual savings of £3.6 Billion. No further regulations arising from EU legislation are planned for introduction in 2015.

Looking ahead to 2016 two regulations are expected to be implemented by the Cabinet Office as a result of EU legislation. These are the Utilities Contract Regulations and Concessions Contract Regulations.

Details of all the estimated costs to the Public Purse and Private Sector are provided in the table below:

Year

Title of Regulation

Cost to Business

Cost to Public Purse

2013

None



2014

None



2015

Public Contracts Regulations 2015

£3.6Billion saving

2016

Utilities Contract Regulations

£0.14M

£0.09M


Concessions Contract Regulations

£0.3M

£0.85

2017

None




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