Consultations by government departments are often an early signal of future policy decisions. Invitations to respond to consultations are regularly sent to large companies, employers’ organisations and trade bodies. However, it is difficult for individual companies to find out what consultations are underway in their sector and how to take part in them.
In this part of the web site, we list all the consultations issued by government departments and regulatory bodies since January 2009 and we include the responses, as they become available.
If you want to find consultations in a particular industry you can use the search box at the top right hand corner of this page. For example, ‘consultations + energy’ will give you a list of all consultations that we have tagged to the energy industry, including its sub-sectors such as electricity, gas or offshore.
This single source of consultations is unique on the web and continues to be developed; please let us know your ideas on how we can improve the site.
This consultation sets out what the Post Office already offers in terms of financial services; it draws comparisons with Post Banks around the world; and it sets out the Government's vision for Post O
This set of documents relates to National Rail Penalty Fares schemes. Last year, the UK rail network carried more than 1 billion passengers, earning over £6 billion from ticket sales.
This joint Defra & Welsh Assembly Government consultation invites views on the structure and content of an additional annex to the draft Environmental Permitting guidance for Water Discharge Activitie
This consultation sets out proposals for amending the requirements that balance the interest of third parties in obtaining information with the cost to the company of supplying it.