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1. UK
GOVERNMENT
BETTER REGULATION
EXECUTIVE
Address: http://bre.berr.gov.uk/regulation/
Established in May 2005 to progress the work
of the Regulatory
Impact Unit, the better Regulation
Executive is now part of the
new Department for Business, Enterprise and
Regulatory Reform.
The above webpage contains various useful
links, including guidance
on the implementation of the Hampton
principles and the new
Legislative and Regulatory Reform
Act.
The BRE now has its own website which invites
public comments
on existing regulations ( http://www.betterregulation.gov.uk/
).
See also the Better Regulation Commission
(http://www.brc.gov.uk/ ), an advisory
body created in 2005
to be independent of government.
CABINET OFFICE
Address:
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/public_service_reform.aspx
Provides a listing of useful links relating to
public sector reform,
including: The Delivery Council, the Contact
Council, the Strategy
Unit, the Ceremonial Secretariat, the Charter
Mark, Workforce
Matters and the Office of Public Sector
Information.
CABINET OFFICE PERFORMANCE AND
INFORMATION UNIT
STRATEGIC THINKERS
SEMINAR
Address:
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/strategy/seminars/risk.aspx
Contains details of a seminar on managing risk
and uncertainty.
CABINET OFFICE STRATEGY
UNIT
Address: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/strategy
Click on ‘publications’ and scroll down
through the various documents
to find the November 2002 publication
'Risk: Improving Government's
Capability to Handle Risk and
Uncertainty'.
COMMUNITIES & LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
Address: http://www.communities.gov.uk/
This webpage has searchable links to a range
of risk-related
documents, including technical notes
dealing with partnership
risk in local
authorities: Click
here.
DEPARTMENT FOR
ENVIRONMENT,
FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Address:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/risk/index.htm
This webpage contains various useful
risk-related guidance
documents. Use the search facility
to find DEFRA risk
management strategies relating to flood and
coastal erosion.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Address: http://www.dh.gov.uk/
Links to a range of risk-related documents,
including the May 2007
‘Independence, Choice and Risk: A Guide to
Best Practice in
Supported Decision-Making’ which sets out
principles for the
management of risk within adult social care,
and proposes a
new ‘supported decision tool’ for use by care
practitioners.
The June 2007 ‘Best Practice in Managing Risk’
document is also
available here.
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND
PENSIONS
Address: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/
Contains a resource centre with corporate and
policy publications,
as well as a large number of risk-related
documents which can be
found through the Search facility.
HEALTH & SAFETY
EXECUTIVE
Address: http://www.hse.gov.uk/risk/index.htm
Enforcement authority for health and safety
throughout the UK.
This webpage providespractical guidance on
risk management,
including an extensive list of
industry-specific guides to best
practice. There is also a regular ‘myth of the
month’ feature
which seeks to remedy common misperceptions of
health and
safety regulation.
HM TREASURY
Address: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
Links for PFI and the Public Spending Review.
Click on the A-Z
search facility and look under ‘R’ for ‘Risk
and Support’.
Clicking on this will take you to an extensive
listing of Treasury
documents on risk management.
Direct link to the Orange Book 'Management of
Risk - Principles
and Concepts', published in October 2004 can
be obtained
by
clicking here:
HOME OFFICE
Address: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/
This website has a substantial number of risk
and risk management
publications, especially in areas such as
crime and offending
behaviour.
INFO4LOCAL
Address: http://www.info4local.gov.uk/
This website is an information gateway
intended to allow local
authorities to access news and information
about government
departments, agencies and public bodies.
NORTHERN IRELAND
EXECUTIVE
Address: http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/
This website contains an A-Z index which lists
government
departments, local authorities and public
bodies in Northern
Ireland. Link to these external sites for
information resources
dealing with risk management. For example, the
Office of the
First Minister and Deputy Prim Minister deals
with the ongoing
development of PPP in Northern Ireland and has
made publications
available on this topic:
Click here.
OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT
COMMERCE
Address:
Click here.
This website for public sector organisations
includes a ‘successful
delivery toolkit’. Go to the ‘introduction to
the delivery toolkit’
section and click on ‘find out more’ to access
various risk-based
‘tools and techniques’.
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
Address: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/
This site contains an extensive list of
publications, including the
September 2007 Crerar Review of Regulation,
Audit, Inspection
and Complaints Handling of Scottish Public
Services
(http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/82980/0053065.pdf
)
WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT
Address: http://new.wales.gov.uk/
This website is arranged around topic areas,
including a new
topic area dedicated to improving public
services. A wide
range of documents produced by the National
Assembly for
Walesis available here.
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