Inspection and Enforcement

A review of the UK’s regulatory system in 2005, carried out by Sir Philip Hampton, highlighted the importance of assessing risk before enforcing regulation.

Risk-based assessment helps regulators target “high-risk” businesses that don’t comply with regulations and reduce the administrative burden on those that do.

Assessing our Regulatory System – The Hampton Review

Hampton recommended that introducing risk assessment would streamline the regulatory system, benefiting businesses and regulators.

Assessing our Regulatory System – The Hampton Review

Supported by the Better Regulation Executive (BRE), the Government is carrying out a range of work to implement the recommendations made by Hampton.

Regulators are being merged, so businesses will no longer have to deal with more than 30 separate bodies.
The Government has also introduced a Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill to give regulators clearer powers and help them target non-compliant businesses.
And the BRE has improved communication to businesses, to help them understand which regulations apply to them.