Impact Assessments

Impact Assessments (formerly Regulatory Impact Assessments) help to explain the effects of Government proposals which impact on the private, public and third sectors. The third sector includes charities and voluntary organisations. Impact Assessments are published so that those with an interest understand and can challenge:

• why the Government is proposing to take action
• how new policies may affect people
• the estimated costs and benefits.

Impact Assessments also help the Government and policy-makers think through and understand the effects of their proposals.

We publish final stage Impact Assessments on this page.

You will find:

• consultation stage Impact Assessments on the consultations page
• equality impact assessments on the equality impact assessments page
• other published Impact Assessments on the relevant policy page.

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Impact Assessment	Date
Workplace Pension Reforms (Completing the Picture) Regulations 2010 (486KB)	24/09/09
Young Person's Guarantee and Future Jobs Fund (62KB)	27/08/09
Draft Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 – Impact Assessment (94KB)	12/08/09
The Statutory Sick Pay (General) Amendment Regulations 2008 – Impact Assessment (01/07/08) (77KB)	20/03/09
Welfare Reform Bill 2009 impact assessment (revised) (807KB)	20/03/09
The Occupational, Personal and Stakeholder Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 – Impact Assessment (10/03/09) (125KB)	17/03/09
Impact Assessment of The Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Amendment Regulations 2008 (22/10/08) (87KB)	12/03/09
Impact Assessment of the Child Support Information Regulations 2008 (26/09/08) (158KB)	09/03/09
The Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 – Impact Assessment (04/07/08) (106KB)	06/03/09
Welfare Reform Bill 2009 impact assessment (1.7MB)	15/01/09
Pensions Bill – Impact Assessment (revised) (1.1MB)	24/04/08
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 – Impact Assessment (93KB)	11/04/08
The Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (97KB)	14/03/08
The Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 – Impact Assessment (49KB)	04/03/08
Pensions Bill - Impact Assessment (1.3KB)	05/12/07
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill - Regulatory Impact Assessment (revised) (702KB)	04/12/07
In work, better off: next steps to full employment – Impact Assessment (695KB)	18/07/07
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill – Regulatory Impact Assessment (702KB)	05/06/07
White Paper on Pensions Reform - Personal accounts: a new way to save - Regulatory Impact Assessment	12/12/06
Pensions Bill – Regulatory Impact Assessment (final) (1MB)	29/11/06
Welfare Reform Bill 2006 Regulatory Impact Assessment (267KB)	04/07/06
White Paper on Pensions Reform – Security in retirement: towards a new pensions system - Regulatory Impact Assessments and technical appendices (partial)	25/05/06
Pensions Bill 2004: Regulatory Impact Assessment (revised) (807KB)	08/06/04
Pensions Bill 2004: Regulatory Impact Assessment (695KB)	12/02/04