Protection and Prosperity

Graham Russell and Ffiona Kyte, Local Better Regulation Office

21st May 2010

Entrepreneurial Region Conference, Sweden

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Our presentation will cover:

Prosperity and protection

LBRO’s role

Improving the system of local regulation

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Driving growth means creating the right conditions for private enterprise and maintaining the UK’s reputation as one of the best places in the world to start and grow a business.

Government shapes the environment for business when it defines the regulatory environment for companies and acts to maintain open and competitive markets.

Source – Going for Growth: Our Future Prosperity

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Prosperity and Protection

Protects

Provides Equity

Reduces Costs

Consumers

Workers

Environment

Reducing uncertainty

Reducing inconsistency

Reducing unfair competition

Policy Costs

Administration costs

Builds ConfidenceConfident consumers

Why regulate

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Confidence in business decisions

Economic support for new start ups

One stop shop for business

Economic development and enterprise

The value of local regulation……driving prosperity

BETTER LOCAL REGULATION - LBRO

LBRO in a nutshell......

…“to secure the effective delivery of local authority regulatory services in accordance with the

principles of better regulation”

BETTER LOCAL REGULATION - Policy Context

OPERATETHE

PRIMARYAUTHORITY

SCHEME

STATUTORYFUNCTIONS

ADVISEMINISTERS

ONLOCAL

REGULATION

DEVELOPFORMAL

PARTNERSHIPSWITH

NATIONALREGULATORS

ENCOURAGEINNOVATION

ANDBEST

PRACTICE

PREPARENATIONAL

ENFORCEMENTPRORITIES

FORENGLAND

ANDWALES

ISSUEGUIDANCE

TOLOCAL

AUTHORITIES

SUPPORTSERVICE

IMPROVEMENT OBJECTIVES

DELIVERCONSISTENCY DELIVERCONSISTENCY DELIVERCONSISTENCY

DELIVERCONSISTENCY

ENHANCE THESYSTEM

TO SECURE THE EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF LOCAL AUTHORITYREGULATORY SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH

THE PRINCIPLES OF BETTER REGULATIONMISSION

OUTCOMES

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF OUR STRATEGY

REDUCEDRED TAPE FOR

LAWABIDING

BUSINESSES

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY

PROTECTIONFOR CONSUMERS,

WORKERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

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REGULATION

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• Staff group of around 25• Significant powers• Programme budget • Deliberate independence• Policy capacity• Outcomes focussed • Not a regulator ....• .... but a new regulatory instrument

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Strategic Objective 1

Actively support sustainable, sector led service improvement in local authority regulatory services.

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Strategic Objective 2

Deliver Primary Authority and other risk-based solutions to ensure greater consistency.

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Strategic Objective 3

Enhance the regulatory environment by simplifying the system and providing evidence-based advice to Government.

BETTER LOCAL REGULATIONRelationships

Across the Landscape

BETTER LOCAL REGULATION - Consistency

• Regulating at source – Consumer safety at ports of entry– Internet trading

• Protective shield – Animal health – Rogue traders

• Efficient and effective delivery– Aligning benefits and costs– Primary Authority

Empowering Localism- The Solution

• Creating a cohesive system

–World Class Coalition

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs • Better Regulation Executive • Communities and Local Government • Welsh Assembly Government• Environment Agency• Office Fair Trading • Health and Safety Executive • Food Standards Agency • National Measurement Office• Animal Health• Gambling Commission• Local Authority Coordinators of Regulatory Services • Audit Commission• Chartered Institute Environmental Health • Trading Standards Institute • Institute of Licensing• Chief Fire Officers Association

Government Departments

NationalRegulators

Local Authority Sector

Professional Bodies

World Class Coalition

BETTER LOCAL REGULATION - System

Themes

1. Leadership,

strategies and collaboration

2. Focus on and

engagement with customers

3. Resource, activity and

people management

4. Achieving outcomes

effectively and sustainably

Main Criteria

1.1 Service vision,

direction and planning

1.2 Integration with local

and national priorities and strategies

1.3 Collaboration with

others

2.1 Engagement of

customers and stakeholders

2.2 Understanding local

needs and communities

2.3 Responsiveness to

customers and stakeholders

3.1 Effective resource and

partnership management

3.2 Activities are based on

a sound understanding of risk and use of intelligence

3.3 Learning and

supportive culture

4.1 Delivering

sustainable outcomes 4.2 Performance

management 4.3 Review and scrutiny for

continuous improvement

A single statement of excellence

BETTER LOCAL REGULATION - System

• ‘Modules’ leading to common approaches to:– Competency– Risk assessment– Data sharing – National Enforcement Priorities– Civil sanctions– Outcomes and impacts

BETTER LOCAL REGULATION - System

• Moving upstream –Better Regulations by inputting

business and enforcement “wisdom” earlier

TSFS HS Lic EH

L A R S

Specialist Intervention

ComplianceAudit

Earned autonomy

Intervention Strategy

Higher

Matching Competency & Risk –Possible Future Model

Specialist Officers

Compliance Auditors

Risk

Lower

Core x-regulatory Teams

BETTER LOCAL REGULATION – Culture, competency and risk

BETTER LOCAL REGULATION – Achieving outcomes

Better Regulation

The purposeful use of regulatory tools to move from risks to outcomes

Haz

ard

x

Freq

uenc

y

Risk Relationships Outcomes

BETTER LOCAL REGULATION – Empowering the market

A word about tools

BETTER LOCAL REGULATION – Culture change

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Prosperity and Protection

• Better for business

• Better for consumers, workers and the environment

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Contact:

+44 (0)121 226 4000

enquiries@lbro.org.uk

www.lbro.org.uk