Regulatory Impact Analysis Handbook
Published 2 Nov 2009
Detailed guidance on regulatory impact analysis (RIA), preparing a regulatory impact statement (RISs) and for providing quality assurance of regulatory proposals.
This handbook provides an overview of regulatory impact analysis and guidance on the main elements of Cabinet's RIA requirements. It incorporates Cabinet's decisions on changes to the RIA requirements taken during 2009, which came into effect on 2 November 2009.
The handbook supports and supplements the information provided in the CabGuide and in Cabinet Office Circular CO (09) 8. It replaces the Guidelines on the Regulatory Impact Analysis Requirements published by the Treasury in November 2008. There is a separate section for each of the main elements of the RIA requirements.
The quick guide to Cabinet's Regulatory Impact Analysis requirements is available in MS Word format: ria-cab-quick.doc (79 KB).
Templates
The Annexes to the RIA Handbook are available for download as templates in MS Word format:
- Preliminary impact and risk assessment (PIRA): ria-template-pira.doc (126 KB)
- Regulatory Impact Statements: Overview of required information: ria-template-ris.doc (71 KB)
- Quality assurance criteria: ria-template-qa.doc (74 KB)