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:

• Jobcentre Plus impact assessments in the Jobcentre Plus publications section
• 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
Jobseekers Back to Work Schemes Bill Impact Assessment (91KB)	14/03/13
Direct Earnings Attachment to Recover Overpaid Social Security Benefits (Legislation.gov.uk)	07/03/13
Social Security Benefits Uprating Order 2013 (155KB)	29/01/13
Draft Pensions Bill – Impact Assessment Summary (128KB)	18/01/13
The single-tier pension: a simple foundation for saving (415KB)	18/01/13
Long term State Pension sustainability: increasing the State Pension age to 67 (133KB)	18/01/13
Reduce the frequency of returns to the Pensions Regulator by defined contribution schemes with 2-4 members (564KB)	18/01/13
Abolition of Contracting Out – Consultation on an override for Protected Persons Regulations (260KB)	18/01/13
Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill Impact Assessment (88KB)	08/01/13
Closure of the Independent Living Fund (104KB)	18/12/12
Removal of stakeholder pension designation requirements – impact assessment (124KB)	04/10/12
Impact assessment – The Draft Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) (Amendments) Regulations 2012 (legislation.gov.uk)	29/09/12
Impact Assessment – Mesothelioma Payment Scheme and Mandatory Membership of Employer Liability Tracing Office (ELTO) (1MB)	22/08/12
Workplace Pension Reform – summary of net impact on business – July 2012 (172KB)	17/07/12
Child Support Maintenance Calculation regulations 2012 - Impact Assessment (433KB)	02/07/12
Impact assessment (final) – Automatic Enrolment and European Employers (229KB)	11/06/12
Workplace Pension Reform secondary legislation – impact assessment (final stage) (302KB)	01/02/12
The Occupational Pensions Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2011 – Impact Assessment (200KB)	11/01/12
Workplace Pension Reform secondary legislation – impact assessment (410KB)	19/07/11
Draft regulations on employer debt – The Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011 (221KB)	28/06/11
Abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes (159KB)	12/05/11
Welfare Reform Bill 2011 impact assessments	10/10/11
Employment and Support Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (170KB)	15/02/11
Strengthening families, promoting parental responsibility: the future of child maintenance (134KB)	13/01/11
Housing Benefit: Changes to the Local Housing Allowance arrangements (205KB)	30/11/10
The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010 (101KB)	28/05/10
Social Security (Medical Evidence) and Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (156KB)	25/01/10
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
Personal accounts: a new way to save - Regulatory Impact Assessment (1.86MB)	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