Regulatory Impact Assessments

Bob Spink
To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development if he will make a statement on the Department's Regulatory Impact Assessment procedure; and how many RIAs have been reviewed in respect of the Department over the last year. [120835]

Hilary Benn
A regulatory impact assessment (RIA) must be completed for all policy proposals that have a potential impact on businesses, charities or the voluntary sector. It includes details of the arrangements for monitoring and evaluating policy proposals and their impact.DFID's has not reviewed or carried out a regulatory impact assessment on its work in the last 12 months. The development assistance programme has limited impact on businesses in the UK.