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This paper sets out the background and operation of the compliance cost assessment (CCA) procedure currently used in British Government and the objectives of a research project which aims to investigate it. A product of the general drive to deregulate, CCAs are designed to assess the potential impact on business costs of proposed regulations. The article outlines an initial set of questions which relate both to the philosophy and intended purpose of the CCA initiative generally and also to more detailed issues of how the cost assessments themselves are arrived at.

Statistical data and evidence-based claims are increasingly central to our everyday lives. Critically examining 'Big Data', this book charts the recent explosion in sources of data, including those precipitated by global developments and technological change. It sets out changes and controversies related to data harvesting and construction, dissemination and data analytics by a range of private, governmental and social organisations in multiple settings. Analysing the power of data to shape political debate, the presentation of ideas to us by the media, and issues surrounding data ownership and access, the authors suggest how data can be used to uncover injustices and to advance social progress