Chapter 9Culture, Capacity, Capability, & Innovation
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Enhance the terms and conditions for regulatory roles requiring strong technical judgment

Enhance regulatory terms and conditions

Full Recommendation Text

Regulators should have the flexibility to improve pay and conditions for roles requiring technical expertise and data-driven decision-making, ensuring they can attract and retain essential scientific talent.

Update Timeline
On Track

Government Response: Remuneration data gathering and implementation plan

Work is underway to gather data on roles and remuneration across the regulatory bodies, with an implementation plan due by Summer 2026. This will complement improvements already being made by DEFRA to Environment Agency terms. Defence-side implementation will be aligned with the ONR-DNSR merger process. While the commitment is clear, the Summer 2026 implementation plan is a planning milestone rather than delivery, so the actual improvements to pay and conditions will follow later.

Policy Paper • DESNZ, March 2026
Data gathering underway; implementation plan by Summer 2026.
Ownership

Primary Owner

Regulators

Co-owners

DESNZMOD

Key Regulators

ONREnvironment AgencyNatural EnglandDNSR
Delivery Timeline
31 Dec 26

Taskforce target: December 2026

Scope

Sectors

civildefence

Domains

workforceregulatory capacity
Implementation Type
fundingorganisational change

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