Common Legislative Solutions: Guide to Tackling Recurring Policy Issues in Legislation
Summary
The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel has published updated guidance titled 'Common Legislative Solutions' to help government officials address recurring policy issues through commonly adopted legislative approaches. The guidance, produced with input from UK legislative drafting offices, identifies common policy problems and analyses possible legislative solutions. The document was last updated on 23 December 2025 with a new version of the guide.
What changed
The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel has updated its guidance on common legislative solutions for tackling recurring policy issues in legislation. The December 2025 update replaces the previous version of the guide. The guidance was originally published in March 2021 with additional chapters added in May 2022 covering notice provisions and appeals against administrative decisions.
This guidance is primarily intended for civil servants and legislative drafters within UK government departments and agencies. It does not create compliance obligations for regulated entities or the public. Legal professionals and policy officials involved in legislative drafting may find the analysis of common policy issues and their legislative solutions useful as a reference resource.
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Common legislative solutions: a guide to tackling recurring policy issues in legislation
This guidance is designed to help officials deal with some commonly occurring policy issues that are dealt with by adopting a commonly occurring legislative solution.
From: Office of the Parliamentary Counsel Published 4 March 2021 Last updated 23 December 2025
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This guidance has been produced with a foreword by the First Parliamentary Counsel, Jessica De Mounteney. The guidance, produced in collaboration with other legislative drafting offices in the United Kingdom, identifies commonly occurring policy issues and analyses possible legislative solutions.
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Published 4 March 2021 Last updated 23 December 2025 show all updates
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23 December 2025
New updated version
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27 May 2022
Two new chapters added on giving notice and appeals against administrative decisions.
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4 March 2021
First published.
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