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Impact assessment for the Health Bill 2009

Impact assessments are prepared as part of the process to make policy and provide an assessment of the costs, benefits and risks of a proposal on businesses, charities or the voluntary sector.

The Health Bill was introduced to Parliament on 15 January 2009. At that time the Department of Health published impact assessments for those areas of the Bill that met the thresholds for requiring an impact assessment. The Bill has now finished its passage through the House Lords and has received its first reading in the House of Commons. Where appropriate, the impact assessments have been updated for the start of the Commons process. The cover note summarises some of the main types of cost and benefit for each proposals, which are described in detail in the individual impact assessments.

• Download impact assessments for the Health Bill - updated May 2009, Gateway reference 11901 (PDF, 6250K)
• Equality impact assessments for the tobacco display and vending machine proposals