Business: Regulation
Lords · Question HL13843 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 22 January (HL13638), what assessment they have made of the cumulative impact of legislation passed since July 2024 on the administrative burden of regulation on
Answer
Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra, 5 Feb 2026
The Government has established a baseline for the administrative burden of regulation on businesses of £22.4bn a year, and a resulting £5.6bn target. As set out in the technical annex to policy paper ‘A new approach to ensure regulators and regulation sup...