Question follow-through · 41764
Agriculture and Environment Protection: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department validates estimates of compliance costs provided by regulated industries.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department validates estimates of compliance costs provided by regulated industries.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
“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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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