Policy Monitor

October 2025

Active Consultation: Jurisdiction: Closing Date:

Climate and weather resilience

UK Parliament 10 Oct 2025 Respond

Costs of clinical negligence

UK Parliament 10 Nov 2025 Respond

Financial sustainability of adult hospices in England

UK Parliament Respond

Efficiency and resilience of the Probation Service

UK Parliament 17 Nov 2025 Respond

NS&I’s transformation programme

UK Parliament 28 Nov 2025 Respond

Tackling fraud and error in benefit expenditure 2024-25

UK Parliament 17 Nov 2025 Respond

Government use of data analytics and external consultants

UK Parliament 28 Nov 2025 Respond

Joined-up journeys: achieving and measuring transport integration

UK Parliament 16 Oct 2025 Respond

BBC World Service 2024-25

UK Parliament 24 Nov 2025 Respond

Child Maintenance Service

UK Parliament Respond

Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes

UK Parliament 14 Oct 2025 Respond

Early Years: Improving support for children and parents

UK Parliament 10 Oct 2025 Respond

UK-India Free Trade Agreement

UK Parliament 14 Oct 2025 Respond

Increasing police productivity

UK Parliament 3 Nov 2025 Respond

Draft Finance Bill 2025–26

UK Parliament 7 Oct 2025 Respond

The Seventh Carbon Budget

UK Parliament 4 Nov 2025 Respond

Implementation of education reforms

Senedd 17 Oct 2025 Respond

Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27

Senedd 26 Sep 2025 Respond

Extending the duty on local authorities to broadcast meetings

Welsh Government 28 Nov 2025 Respond

National strategy for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse

Welsh Government 8 Oct 2025 Respond

Socially responsible public procurement

Welsh Government 14 Oct 2025 Respond

Improving adoption, fostering and kinship services

Welsh Government 27 Oct 2025 Respond

Stationary vehicle engine idling

Welsh Government 30 Sep 2025 Respond

Delivering a Deposit Return Scheme for drinks containers in Wales

Welsh Government 10 Nov 2025 Respond

Reform of fire and rescue authorities in Wales 2025

Welsh Government 24 Oct 2025 Respond

National Minimum Standards (NMS) for Regulated Childcare: proposed changes 2025

Welsh Government 10 Dec 2025 Respond

Quality Prescribing for Chronic Pain 2026-2029

Scottish Government 31 Oct 2025 Respond

Public Consultation on Northern Ireland’s draft Climate Action Plan 2023-2027

Northern Ireland Executive 8 Oct 2025 Respond

Consultation on the setting of Northern Ireland’s Fourth Carbon Budget (2038-2042)

Northern Ireland Executive 17 Nov 2025 Respond

Consultation on Support Framework for Independent Advice and Debt Services

Northern Ireland Executive 3 Nov 2025 Respond

Learning Disability Service Model

Northern Ireland Executive 25 Nov 2025 Respond

Consultation on the Northern Ireland Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan

Northern Ireland Executive 7 Nov 2025 Respond

Consultation on The Future of CCEA Qualifications

Northern Ireland Executive 13 Nov 2025 Respond

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in New Housing Developments

Northern Ireland Executive 19 Dec 2025 Respond

Developing an Ecosystem Restoration Code for Scotland

Scottish Government 29 Jun 2029 Respond

Draft Marine and Coastal Restoration Plan

Scottish Government 19 Oct 2025 Respond

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Research Strategy 2027-32

Scottish Government 24 Oct 2025 Respond

Voices in Justice: Parole Reform in Scotland

Scottish Government 11 Nov 2025 Respond

SSI to add “sex” as a characteristic to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021

Scottish Government 10 Oct 2025 Respond

Dilapidation Bill

Northern Ireland Assembly 10 Oct 2025 Respond

Permitted development rights to support provision of new homes

Scottish Government 27 Oct 2025 Respond

School inspections are changing

Scottish Government 26 Nov 2025 Respond

Compulsory Purchase Reform in Scotland

Scottish Government 19 Dec 2025 Respond

Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Parliament 22 Oct 2025 Respond

Late payments: tackling poor payment practices

UK Government 23 Oct 2025 Respond

Extend medicines responsibilities for allied health professions

UK Government 28 Oct 2025 Respond

Consultation on streamlining infrastructure planning

UK Government 27 Oct 2025 Respond

Banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children

UK Government 26 Nov 2025 Respond

Amend regulations to support the supply and deployment of vaccines

UK Government 28 Nov 2025 Respond

Financial sustainability of children’s care homes

UK Parliament 3 Nov 2025 Respond

Government compensation schemes

UK Parliament Respond

Home-to-school transport

UK Parliament 13 Nov 2025 Respond