Agriculture and Environment Protection: Regulation
Commons · Question 41761 · Tabled 26 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department quantifies compliance costs for new regulations.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Apr 2025
‘’Compliance costs” are the costs of complying with government regulation. These will typically include familiarisation costs, costs relating to monitoring or data reporting, and costs related to inspections where relevant. When analysing impacts on busin...