protection and prosperity graham russell and ffiona kyte, local better regulation office
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Protection and Prosperity Graham Russell and Ffiona Kyte, Local Better Regulation Office 21 st May 2010 Entrepreneurial Region Conference, Sweden. BETTER LOCAL REGULATION. Our presentation will cover: Prosperity and protection LBRO’s role Improving the system of local regulation. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Protection and Prosperity
Graham Russell and Ffiona Kyte, Local Better Regulation Office
21st May 2010
Entrepreneurial Region Conference, Sweden
BETTER LOCAL REGULATION
Our presentation will cover:
Prosperity and protection
LBRO’s role
Improving the system of local regulation
BETTER LOCAL REGULATION
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
BETTER LOCAL REGULATION
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
BETTER LOCAL REGULATION
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
BETTERLOCAL
REGULATION
BETTER LOCAL REGULATION
• Staff group of around 25• Significant powers• Programme budget • Deliberate independence• Policy capacity• Outcomes focussed • Not a regulator ....• .... but a new regulatory instrument
BETTER LOCAL REGULATION
Strategic Objective 1
Actively support sustainable, sector led service improvement in local authority regulatory services.
BETTER LOCAL REGULATION
Strategic Objective 2
Deliver Primary Authority and other risk-based solutions to ensure greater consistency.
BETTER LOCAL REGULATION
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
BETTER LOCAL REGULATION
Prosperity and Protection
• Better for business
• Better for consumers, workers and the environment