Managing Risks to the Public: Appraisal Guidance

On 17th June 2005 HM Treasury released Managing risks to the public: appraisal guidance as a supplement to Treasury guidance the Green Book, Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government. The document provides guidance for developing and assessing proposals that affect the risk of fatalities, injury and other harms to the public in line with the Government’s Principles of Managing Risks to the Public - openness and transparency, involvement, proportionality and consistency, evidence and responsibility. The guidance also contains a tool to help structure and make explicit the evaluation of concerns that may exist about risks of fatality and harm.

Contact details:

Dr Edmund Hughes
Assurance, Control and Risk
HM Treasury
1 Horse Guards Road
London SW1A 2HQ

Tel: 020 7270 5934

For specific economic appraisal matters, please contact greenbook@hm-treasury.gov.uk

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