This online survey provides a digital way to submit your response to the Future of Transport Regulatory Review Call for Evidence.
Responding to this online survey makes analysis of the evidence submitted much easier. However, if you would prefer, you can also email your response directly to...More
This consultation seeks views on a proposal to give employees a week of unpaid leave each year to provide care.
Responses to this consultation will help us understand:
How carers use existing employment rights;
Who should be eligible to take the leave;
What the leave can...More
Good regulation is essential to successful business. The Government strives to achieve the right regulatory balance between supporting excellent business practice and protecting workers, consumers and the environment.
The Reforming Regulation Initiative is an invitation to...More
This consultation seeks views on a number of proposed changes to the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme to ensure it continues to support low carbon electricity generation at the lowest possible cost to consumers. CfDs incentivise investment in renewable energy by providing developers of...More
The Commission’s 2019 State aid decision notes that the UK government has committed to implementing a number of improvements to the design of the Capacity Market (CM) to reflect recent market and regulatory developments, including those identified through our recent 5-year-review of the...More
Extension to consultation end date
In the light of COVID-19, we are extending the consultation period to give people more time to respond.
The Government is committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Meeting this legal commitment will require virtually all heat...More
We have extended the consultation period to 24 January 2020 due to election period and to allow additional time for stakeholder review of technical components.
The consultation contains proposals to amend the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations to ensure consistency with...More
The government has committed to support businesses to reduce their energy use by at least 20% by 2030.
This consultation seeks views on how best to improve the energy performance of non-domestic private rented buildings through tighter minimum energy standards.
Acting now to set a clear...More
This consultation covers:
Parental leave and pay
Neonatal leave and pay
Transparency of flexible working and family related leave and pay policies
Select the sections you want to answer from the links here. You can respond to as many of the sections and questions as...More
We’re seeking views on the £250 million Clean Steel Fund, which will support the UK steel sector to move to a decarbonisation pathway compatible with net zero. More
We are seeking views on various design proposals for the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund including:
Who can apply for funding;
What technologies should be supported;
Whether funding should be made available for feasibility studies, FEED studies and capacity building;
What...More
This consultation seeks view on the draft Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products (External Power Supplies) Regulations 2020. The draft regulations propose to introduce UK ecodesign requirements for external power supplies which are in line with those the UK supported at EU level in January 2019....More
We're seeking evidence to help us develop standards or certification critera for bio-based, biodegradable, and compostable plastics, and an understanding of their environmental impacts.
This will also include littering and issues affecting recycling and disposal routes.
We...More
In his statement to Parliament in June 2018, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Greg Clarke said that the Government would review the viability of a ‘Regulated Asset Base’ (RAB) model for new nuclear projects and committed in January 2019 to publishing an...More
We are seeking views on the proposals made by the Low Pay Commission, to address the issue of ‘one-sided flexibility’.
The proposals made by the Low Pay Commission were published on 17 December 2018 to address the issue of ‘one-sided flexibility’.
This issue exists within some...More
This consultation seeks views on whether establishing a new single enforcement body for employment rights could:
improve enforcement for vulnerable workers
create a level playing field for the majority of businesses who are complying with the law
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The Government has continued to prepare for the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU and Euratom. BEIS is conducting a short survey to better understand how the civil nuclear sector is preparing for this. This is also a chance to feed back any comments that you may have on the guidance and...More
We are seeking views on market barriers to energy efficiency in the UK, and how we can create new markets for energy efficiency, securing its role in the wider energy market, contributing to flexibility and becoming a reliable alternative to increased generation and network reinforcement. More
This consultation seeks views on our emerging findings on potential business models for carbon capture, usage and storage ( CCUS ). It covers:
options on CCUS business models for industry, power, and carbon dioxide transport and storage
a framework for future evaluation of models to...More
A consultation on the re use of oil and gas assets for Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage (CCUS) projects.
In the CCUS Deployment Pathway: An Action Plan we committed to complete a process to identify existing oil and gas infrastructure that has the potential for re-use to support...More
Fuel poverty is defined in the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 as:
a person [who] is a member of a household living on a lower income in a home which cannot be kept warm at reasonable cost.
In 2014, the government introduced in legislation a fuel poverty target for...More
Following its review of the statutory audit market, the Competition and Markets Authority ( CMA ) published its final report on 18 April 2019.
This consultation seeks views on the CMA ’s recommendations to improve audit quality, competition and resilience in the statutory audit...More
The Groceries Code Adjudicator works with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and is the independent regulator ensuring that regulated retailers treat their direct suppliers lawfully and fairly. The GCA is responsible for monitoring and encouraging compliance with and...More
This consultation seeks views on proposals to:
enable data driven innovation in consumer markets
use data and technology to help vulnerable consumers
ensure consumers and their data are protected
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We're seeking views on proposed changes to the current Energy Company Obligation (ECO3) scheme. This includes:
Incorporating the TrustMark Government Endorsed Quality scheme into ECO3, as a route to demonstrating compliance with the most up to date relevant PAS standards and to ensure a...More
We're consulting on new proposals to enhance the role of Companies House, increase the transparency of UK corporate entities and help combat economic crime.
The consultation seeks views on a series of reforms to limit the risk of misuse:
knowing who is setting up,...More
This consultation sets out the UK Government’s and the Devolved Administrations' approach to UK carbon pricing once we have left the European Union and seeks stakeholders’ views on the design of a future scheme.
This consultation will be of particular interest to individual companies and...More
We are seeking views on the recommendations made by the Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council.
This consultation seeks views on the recommendations made by the Independent Review of the Financial Reporting Council to create a new regulator responsible for audit,...More
The Government is seeking views on how we design the Fund to maximise its benefits, while ensuring value for money.
Previous stakeholder engagement, such as last year’s call for evidence on business and industrial energy efficiency and the ongoing 2050 Roadmaps Project, has improved our...More
Professor Sir Adrian Smith has been commissioned by BEIS to provide independent advice on the design of future UK funding schemes for international collaboration, innovation and curiosity-driven blue-skies research.
We welcome written contributions on a wide of issues relating to potential...More