Assimilated Law Report
Today the Secretary of State has laid a Report before Parliament pursuant to the REUL Act and published it on Gov.uk. This report updates the House in line with the obligations under Section 17 of the REUL Act, which requires a Report to be published and laid before Parliament every six months detailing all revocations and reforms of assimilated law. This is the fourth Report being laid before the House.
The Report today summarises the data on the assimilated law dashboard, providing the public with information about the amount of assimilated law there is and where it sits across departments. The dashboard reflects the position as of 23 June 2025, showing a total of 6,911 instruments of REUL / assimilated law concentrated over approximately 400 unique policy areas on the dashboard. Since the previous update to the dashboard 137 assimilated law instruments have either been revoked or reformed meaning that 2,532 have now been revoked or reformed in total.
The Report gives details of a further 41 Statutory Instruments using powers under the REUL Act and other domestic legislation which the Government has laid, and which amend assimilated law since the previous Report to deliver on its priorities. This includes, for example, The Airports Slot Allocation (Alleviation of Usage Requirements etc.) Regulations 2025 which was made under the REUL Act and amends the number of slots an airline can hold to be categorised as a new entrant, aligning the UK with Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines, and The Human Medicines (Amendment) (Modular Manufacture and Point of Care) Regulations 2025 which was made under the Medicines and Medical Devices Act 2021 and is intended to pioneer access to innovative treatments through a tailored regulatory framework for new ways of manufacturing medicines closer to the patient.
The Government remains committed to reforming assimilated law, where desirable, to foster a pro-business environment through a streamlined regulatory framework that drives growth and supports innovation. The reform of assimilated law will also support the delivery of key strategies while maintaining consumer and environmental protections. These strategies include the UK’s modern Industrial Strategy, the Trade Strategy, the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy, and a strategy for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.