Government Departments

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Cabinet Office
Charity Commission
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Department for Culture Media & Sport
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
Department for Transport
Department for Work & Pensions
Department of Health
Food Standards Agency
HM Treasury
Home Office
Ministry of Justice
Office for National Statistics

Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office

To find out more about the Cabinet Office work and plans for making life as simple as possible, see our Simplification Plan for 2008 here http://www.berr.gov.uk/ files/ file49300.pdf

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Charity Commission

Charity Commission

The Department is working to reduce the administrative burden of regulation on the third sector.

To find out more see our Simplification Plan for 2008 here http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/ spr/ simple.

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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

In June 2009 the former Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation Universities and Skills merged to form a new Department, Business, Innovation and Skills.

The simplification plan for former BERR is available at www.berr.gov.uk/ files/ file49272.pdf.

The simplification plan for former DIUS is available at www.berr.gov.uk/ files/ file49285.pdf.

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Department for Children, Schools and Families

Department for Children, Schools and families

The Department is working to reduce the administrative burden of regulation on front-line public sector workers and the general public.

To find out more see our Simplification Plan for 2008 here http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/ reducingbureaucracy/ .

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Department for Culture Media & Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The Department is working to reduce the administrative burden of regulation on businesses, front-line public sector workers and the third sector.

For example simplifying multiple licensing regimes under one single act, removing need

for regular reapplication for same licence has delivered an annual saving of £181 million. Simplifying and updating multiple gambling regulations under one single Act has delivered an annual saving of £74 million.

To find out more see our Simplification Plan for 2008 here http://www.culture.gov.uk/ reference_library/ publications/ 5674.

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Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Department is working to reduce the administrative burden of regulation on businesses, front-line public sector workers and the third sector.

To find out more see our Simplification Plan for 2008 here http://www.berr.gov.uk/ files/ file49354.pdf

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Department for Transport

Department for Transport

The Department is working to reduce the administrative burden of regulation on businesses, front-line public sector workers and the third sector.

To find out more see our Simplification Plan for 2008 here http://www.dft.gov.uk/ about/ simplificationplan/ secsimplificationplan.

Key measures in the plan include:

Electronic Vehicle Licensing - (£33.9 million annual saving including nearly £14m administrative burden saving)
Better Targeted HGV and PSV inspection (£100 million annual saving)
Improvements to the rail franchise bidding procedures (£36.7 million administrative burden saving)
Simplification of the ATOL bonding holiday assurance system – saving business £30.5 million a year including £12.5 million administrative burden.

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Department for Work & Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions

The Department is working to reduce the administrative burden of regulation on businesses, front-line public sector workers and the third sector.

For example Minimum Funding Requirement regulations for Occupational Pensions schemes, which provide more flexible scheme-specific funding

arrangements whereby trustees are free to choose a funding strategy and make assumptions, albeit supported by an actuarial report. This has delivered an annual saving of £40 million.

To find out more see our Simplification Plan for 2008 here http://www.dwp.gov.uk/ aboutus/ better_regulation.

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Department of Health

Department of Health

The Department is working to reduce the administrative burden of regulation on businesses, front-line public sector workers and the third sector.

For example, pharmaceutical companies now use a self-certification scheme for minor changes to over the counter medicines saving them time and money whilst allowing the MHRA to concentrate on scrutinising complex changes. This has delivered annual savings of £104 million.

To find out more see our Simplification Plan for 2008 here http://www.dh.gov.uk/ en/ Publicationsandstatistics/ Publications/ PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/ DH_091716.

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Food Standards Agency

Food Standards Agency

The FSA is working to reduce the administrative burden of regulation on businesses, front-line public sector workers and the third sector.

For example, Safer Food Better Business – a pack and a simple record keeping diary aimed at helping small food caterers and retailers comply with food safety management procedures. Packs have been developed for various cuisine types, with an interactive DVD in 16 different languages and also a diary for record-keeping. Training and coaching advice is also provided.

See http://www.food.gov.uk/ foodindustry/ regulation/ hygleg/ hyglegresources/ sfbb/ for more information. This has already delivered an annual saving of £28 million.

To find out more see our Simplification Plan for 2008 here.

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