Reducing the cost of complying with regulations the delivery of the administrative burdens reduction programme, 2007

The Administrative Burdens Reduction Programme seeks to improve the UK business environment by: ensuring that regulation is only used where necessary; simplifying and removing unnecessary regulations; and making sure EU law is not gold-plated. This is the first of an annual series of reports on the progress of the Programme. It sets out the context and rationale for the Programme; explains the measurement of administrative burdens and reduction targets; examines how are seeking to identify and deliver reductions; and considers how outcomes will be assessed. The focus is on the Better Regulation Executive, which has the role of coordinating the programme, and the four departments responsible for 75% of the total administrative burden.