Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 41764

Agriculture and Environment Protection: Regulation

Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department validates estimates of compliance costs provided by regulated industries.

Answer

Emma Hardy
“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 busine...

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