Prioritising Areas for Local Authority Regulation (Rogers Review)

The Rogers Review sets out the national enforcement priorities for local regulatory services in England.

The review:

  • set out priorities for all local regulatory services, to help them focus resources
  • made seven recommendations on how the priorities should be delivered at national and local level
  • published evidence of the 24 highest-priority policy areas to help local authorities in service planning.

Priorities for local authority enforcement

The review team – led by Peter Rogers, chief executive of Westminster City Council – identified more than 60 policy areas enforced by local authorities.

They considered the views of government departments, local authorities, the public and businesses, before deciding which areas to prioritise. The areas they identified were:

  • Air quality – reducing air pollution
    Covers air quality regulations, including regulation of pollution from factories and homes.
  • Alcohol licensing – protecting people from the effects of the misuse of alcohol through licensing
    Covers alcohol, entertainment and late night refreshment licensing and its enforcement.
  • Hygiene of food businesses – preventing food poisoning
    Covers hygiene of businesses, selling, distributing and manufacturing food, and the safety and fitness of food in premises.
  • Improving health in the workplace
  • Fair trading – protecting the vulnerable from scams and rogue traders
    Covers trade description, trade marking, mislabelling and doorstep selling.
  • Animal and public health
    Covers animal and public health, animal movements and identification

The team’s recommendations were accepted in full by the Government as part of the March 2007 budget. The Local Better Regulation Office will be reviewing the priorities in three years as part of the Government’s ongoing commitment to improve communication and discussion with local authorities.

Another key aim of the Review was to promote best practice across all local authorities, and this is already starting to happen as different areas discuss the most effective way to tackle each of the priority areas.

Download the report

The final report from the Rogers Review, and a supplementary report ‘Determining national priorities for local authority enforcement services’, can be downloaded here.

There are also presentations and posters available for download, which outline what the report’s findings mean for local regulators.

Find out more

For more information about the Rogers Review, please contact Sue Redding: 

Phone:020 7215 0439

Email: suzanne.redding@berr.gsi.gov.uk

 

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Reports

Presentations

Posters

 

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