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Business Plan 2012-2015
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
31 May 2012
This plan will be updated annually
Contents:
Section A:
Coalition priorities ................................. 2
Section B:
Structural Reform Plan ............................ 5
Section C:
Departmental expenditure ................... 12
Section D:
Transparency ....................................... 16
A) Coalition priorities
1. Support and develop British farming and encourage sustainable food production
Enhance the competitiveness and resilience of the whole food chain, including farms and the fishing
industry, to ensure a secure, environmentally sustainable and healthy supply of food with improved
standards of animal welfare
2. Enhance the environment and biodiversity to improve quality of life
Enhance and protect the natural environment, including biodiversity and the marine environment, by
reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions and preventing habitat loss and degradation
3. Support a strong and sustainable green economy, including thriving rural communities, resilient to climate
change
Create the conditions in which businesses can innovate, invest and grow; promote rural communities;
encourage businesses, people and communities to use natural resources sustainably and reduce waste; and
ensure that the UK economy is resilient to climate change
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Departmental Responsibilities
These pages set out who in the Department leads on its major responsibilities, including its Coalition priorities.
P e rmanent Secretary
Bronwyn Hill
Di rector General
Chi ef S cientific Advisor
Sir Robert Watson
Coalition
Priorities
Directors/CEOs
Other Major
Res ponsibilities
1.
2.
3.
Di rector General
for Strategy, Evidence a nd
Customers
Katrina Williams
Di rector General
Chi ef Operating Officer
Ian Trenholm
Support and develop British farming and encourage sustainable food production
Enhance the environment and biodiversity to improve quality of life
Support a strong and sustainable green economy, including thriving rural communities, resilient to climate change
• Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor
•
•
Di rector General
for P olicy Delivery
Peter Unwin
• Rural Development, Sustainable
Communities and Crops
• Sustainable Land Management
and Livestock Farming
• Food and Green Economy
• Climate Change, Waste and
Atmosphere
• Water and Flood Risk
Management
• Marine and Fisheries
• Animal Health and Welfare:
Disease Control
• Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer
• Strategy
• EU, International and CAP
Reform
• Communications
• Legal (Treasury Solicitor’s
Department)
• Chief Economist
• Chief Veterinary Officer
Prepare for and manage risk from animal and plant disease
Prepare for and manage risk from flood and other environmental emergencies
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• Finance
• Chief Information Officer
• Shared Services
• Commercial
• Human Resources
• Animal Health and Veterinary
Laboratories Agency
• Food and Environment Research
Agency
• Centre for Environment,
Fisheries & Aquaculture Science
• Rural Payments Agency
• Veterinary Medicines
Directorate
Departmental Responsibilities
Defra’s Directors are responsible for delivering the Department’s Structural Reform Actions:
Coalition Priority
1. Support and develop British
farming and encourage
sustainable food production
2. Enhance the environment and
biodiversity to improve quality of
life
3. Support a strong and
sustainable green economy,
including thriving rural
communities, resilient to climate
change
Actions 2.1, 2.2
Actions 3.9, 3.11, 3.12
Actions 2.1, 2.4, 2.5
Actions 3.5, 3.10
D irector
Rural Development, Sustainable Communities and Crops
(£506m)
Sustainable Land Management and Livestock Farming
(£256m)
Action 1.3
Food and Green Economy
(£64m)
Actions 3.3, 3.6
Climate Change, Waste and Atmosphere
(£132m)
Action 2.4
Actions 3.1, 3.7
Water and Flood Risk Management
(£892m)
Action 2.7
Actions 3.2, 3.13
Marine and Fisheries
(£74m)
Actions 1.2, 1.6
Animal Health and Welfare: Disease Control
(£221m)
Actions 1.1, 1.4, 1.5
EU, International and CAP Reform
(£29m)
Action 1.2
Strategy
(£7m)
Action 1.1
Action 2.3
Action 2.6
Note: Only those Directors with responsibility for delivery of a Structural Reform Action are listed. All Directors help deliver Defra’s three Coalition Priorities.
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Action 3.8
Actions 3.3, 3.4
B) Structural Reform Plan
This section sets out the key actions the Department will take to implement its Coalition priorities. An implementation report will be published
online, setting out progress in completing them.
Additional actions, including our contributions to cross-cutting Government agendas such as the Growth Review, can be found in Annex A. All
commitments and end dates relating to legislation and pre-legislative scrutiny are subject to parliamentary timetables.
1. Support and develop British farming and encourage sustainable food production
ACTIONS
1.1
1.2
1.3
Implement recommendations from the Macdonald Task Force’s review of farming
regulations to reduce burdens and increase responsibility
i. Start to implement earned recognition in farm inspections, including the recognition of third
party assurance schemes such as Red Tractor
ii. Simplify livestock movement rules
iii. Report on progress towards implementing the Macdonald Task Force recommendations
Influence reform in Europe to support strong, sustainable agricultural and fishing
industries
i. Make the case at EU negotiations for significant reform to deliver a smaller, simpler,
greener Common Agricultural Policy
ii. Negotiate reform of the EU Common Fisheries Policy to support sustainable fish stocks, a
prosperous fishing industry and a healthy marine environment
Deliver a new framework for achieving the dual objectives of increasing food production
and enhancing the environment
i. Conduct a pilot project to develop and trial methods for delivering integrated
environmental advice for farmers
ii. Publish plans for a streamlined framework of advice, incentives and voluntary initiatives to
enable farmers and land managers to be more competitive and yield better environmental
outcomes
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ACTIONS
iii.
iv.
1.4
1.5
1.6
Report on progress made towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture
and opportunities for further action
Identify, with industry and environmental stakeholders, how to improve growth and
competitiveness in the farming and food industry, whilst protecting and enhancing the
environment (the Green Food Project)
Build a working partnership on animal health and welfare policy
i. Publish the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England‟s guiding principles
Deliver a balanced package of measures to tackle bovine tuberculosis (bTB), including a
carefully managed and science-led policy of badger control
i. Implement a carefully managed and science-led policy of badger control in two pilot areas
of high and persistent levels of bTB
ii. Announce whether further licences should be granted, following a review of the pilots and
the report of an independent panel
Reform the management of domestic fisheries
i. Run voluntary pilot schemes to test alternative local management approaches to
managing fishing opportunities, and review experiences from these
ii. Implement pilot approaches to incentivising fishermen to reduce discards, in which all
catches of key species must be landed and counted against quota
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2. Enhance the environment and biodiversity to improve quality of life
ACTIONS
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
Reform key public bodies to transfer more power to people and communities
i. Transfer British Waterways from government to a new charity for the waterways in
England and Wales, through the Public Bodies Act
ii. Report on progress in implementing the outcomes of the Governance Review of National
Parks Authorities
Review the direction of forestry and woodland policy in England
i. Publish the recommendations of the Independent Panel on Forestry on the future direction
of forestry and woodland policy in England
ii. Publish the Government‟s response to the Independent Panel on Forestry‟s
recommendations
Create new Marine Conservation Zones to protect the marine environment
i. Analyse the formal advice on Marine Conservation Zones provided by the statutory nature
conservation bodies
ii. Consult on Marine Conservation Zones proposals
iii. Designate first new Marine Conservation Zones
Protect and enhance our urban and natural environment to improve public health and
wellbeing
i. Facilitate set-up of the first Local Nature Partnerships between local organisations to
protect and improve the natural environment
ii. Establish Nature Improvement Areas to enhance and reconnect nature and report on their
benefits
iii. Consult on a new approach to the management of air pollution by local authorities
Set the strategic direction on biodiversity at home and abroad
i. Agree realistic objectives at Hyderabad (CoP11) for financing the global implementation of
the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity
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2. Enhance the environment and biodiversity to improve quality of life
ACTIONS
2.6
2.7
Champion a reduction in emissions through lower deforestation and enhanced
biodiversity
i. Disburse £100m through the International Climate Fund to international forests projects
which protect or enhance biodiversity
ii. Develop, with international partners, advice on biodiversity safeguards for “REDD+”
strategies to reduce emissions from deforestation
iii. Lay UK regulation to make it a criminal offence to allow illegal timber to enter the EU
market for the first time
Take action to improve water quality
i. Negotiate and agree with Thames Water the delivery route for the Thames Tunnel,
including the financing structure and procurement strategy
ii. Run 25 catchment management pilots with local communities to plan integrated actions to
improve local water quality
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3. Support a strong and sustainable green economy, including thriving rural communities, resilient
to climate change
ACTIONS
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
Drive a ‘zero waste’ agenda
i. Publish the first Waste Prevention Programme for England, enabling businesses, local
authorities and civil society to maximise the opportunities from waste prevention and reuse
ii. Remove disproportionate local authority enforcement powers against householders
through legislative changes, as soon as parliamentary time allows
Reform the water industry to enhance competition and improve conservation
i. Publish a draft Water Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny
ii. Introduce the Water Bill, as soon as parliamentary time allows
iii. Publish proposals to reform the water abstraction licensing system
iv. Publish the first Strategic Policy Statement for Ofwat, setting out the outcomes
Government expects to be delivered through economic regulation of the water sector
v. Develop guidance on water resources planning to ensure that water companies consider
all options to reduce overall demand for water
Green operations and procurement across Government and the wider public sector
i. Publish, with Cabinet Office, the first annual report on the Government‟s performance and
transparency against the Greening Government Commitments
ii. Publish guidance on how to apply the Government Buying Standards for Food in the wider
public sector and support their use
Embed sustainable development in Government policy
i. Publish a cross-Government progress report on mainstreaming sustainable development
with the Minister for Government Policy
Integrate the value of nature into policy development
i. Publish, with ONS, a roadmap towards including natural capital in the UK environmental
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3. Support a strong and sustainable green economy, including thriving rural communities, resilient
to climate change
ACTIONS
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Encourage corporate reporting of greenhouse gas emissions
i. Decide whether to pursue a statutory or voluntary approach to encouraging corporate
reporting of greenhouse gas emissions in the light of public consultation on options
Started
Dec 2012
Build the UK’s ability to adapt to climate change
i. Publish the UK's first National Adaptation Programme to maintain the resilience of the UK
to climate change and extremes of weather, developed in collaboration with businesses,
local government and civil society
Started
Nov 2013
Promote the transition to a green economy at an international level
i. Agree UK objectives on the green economy and institutional framework for sustainable
development, in the context of poverty reduction, for the UN conference „Rio+20‟
Started
Jun 2012
Enable development while protecting the environment
i. Publish plans to reform the system for registration of new town and village greens
ii. Publish plans to reform and simplify the system of altering public rights of way within the
planning framework
Started
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Oct 2012
Mar 2013
Nov 2012
Feb 2013
Jul 2012
Oct 2012
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ii.
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.10
accounts
Publish the report of the Ecosystems Markets Task Force on opportunities for UK
business from expanding the trade in green goods and ecosystem services
Implement recommendations from the Habitats and Wild Birds Directives Implementation
Review
i. Consult on a new customer-focused overarching guidance manual to provide clear advice
on key legal terms in the Habitats and Wild Birds Directives
ii. Consult on new guidance on the use of the „Imperative Reasons of Overriding Public
Interest‟ (IROPI) test for major projects
iii. Report on progress towards implementing the measures announced in the Habitats and
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3. Support a strong and sustainable green economy, including thriving rural communities, resilient
to climate change
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Wild Birds Directives Implementation Review
3.11
3.12
3.13
Support sustainable economic growth in rural areas
i. Deliver, with DCMS, universal broadband at speeds of 2mbps and stimulate private sector
investment to deliver the best superfast broadband network in Europe by 2015
ii. Complete two rounds of bids and award first grants from the Rural Community Broadband
Fund
iii. Implement pilot Rural Growth Networks to stimulate sustainable economic rural growth
iv. Invest £100 million from the Rural Development Programme for England to help small
businesses improve their skills, facilities and competitiveness
v. Establish, with DECC, a £15m Rural Community Renewable Energy Fund designed to
help communities meet the upfront costs of developing renewable energy projects
Champion rural needs and interests across Government
i. Publish a Rural Statement demonstrating how Government policies and programmes
deliver benefits to rural residents, businesses and communities
Improve resilience in the face of flooding and coastal change risks
i. Complete a programme of investment to reduce the risk of flooding and coastal erosion for
145,000 households
ii. Implement the new partnership funding system for flood and coastal risk management
which devolves more power to local people
iii. Implement the findings of the Pitt Review to improve our flood defences and prevent
unnecessary building in areas of high flood risk
iv. Improve our national capability to respond to a major flood emergency, based on lessons
from March 2011 Exercise Watermark
v. Implement the Flood and Water Management Act
vi. Secure, with industry, new arrangements for flood insurance beyond 2013
vii. Deliver 15% efficiency savings on flood defence procurement
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C) Departmental expenditure
Planned expenditure and major projects
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This section sets out the Department’s planned expenditure over the Spending Review period, as agreed with the Treasury, and
expected cost for the 2012/13 financial year on the Department’s major projects.
Planned
2011/12
2012/13 2013/14
2014/15
Major Projects expected
expenditure
(Forecast
(£bn)
outturn)
Total departmental
2
expenditure limits
2.7
2.6
2.4
2.4
Environment Agency: Thames
3,4
Estuary 2100
Administration
spending
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
New Waterways Charity
Programme
spending
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.4
Capital
spending
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
2012/13
cost (Top 4, £m)
Whole life
cost
35
2,391
39
892
Rural Payments Agency: Future
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Options Programme
9
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Covent Garden Market Authority
-
-
Total (all major projects)
83
3,294
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Definitions:
Administration spending: the costs of all central government administration other than the costs of direct frontline service provision
Programme spending: spending on activities, goods and services, such as pay and benefits (excl. administration spending as defined above)
Capital spending: spending on assets with a lasting value, such as buildings and equipment
1
Excludes departmental Annually Managed Expenditure. Numbers may not sum due to rounding
Total departmental expenditure allocation includes depreciation of approximately £0.2bn per annum
3
The Environment Agency‟s Thames Estuary 2100 (TE2100) Plan provides a strategy for protecting London and the Thames Estuary from tidal flooding to the year 2100.
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The whole life cost excludes non-Government spend.
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The whole life cost includes also the Grant in Aid of British Waterways for 2010/11 and 2011/12 and excludes non-Government spend.
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The Rural Payment Agency Future Options programme whole life cost represents the procurement phase only. Total cost of the programme will depend on the option
selected and could range from £50 to £100 million.
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Indicative budget allocation
This chart sets out further detail on how the Department’s settlement will be allocated for the 2012/13 financial year across key
programmes and activities.
Animal Health &
Veterinary
Laboratory Agency
£158m
Environment
Agency
£842m
Forestry
Commission
£43m
Animal Health &
Welfare:
Disease
Control
£221m
Water and Flood
Risk Management
£892m
National
Forest
Company
£3m
Animal Health,
Scanning &
Trade Policy
£56m
National Parks
and Broads
Authorities
£52m
Rural
Development,
Sustainable
Communities
& Crops
£506m
Rural Payments
Agency
£192m
Food and
Green
Economy
£64m
Marine
Management
Organisation
£32m
Centre for Environment,
Fisheries and
Aquaculture Science
£31m
Key:
Resource
Marine & Fisheries
£74m
Departmental Total DEL
£2,612m
Waste & Resources
Action Programme
£29m
Gangmasters
Licensing
Authority
£1m
Sustainable Land
Management &
Livestock Farming
£256m
Natural England
£176m
Climate Change,
Waste &
Atmosphere
£132m
Capital
Strategy,
Evidence
& Customers
£61m
Evidence &
Analysis
£14m
Co re Defra pro grammes (including
funding o f netwo rk bo dies)
Netwo rk bo dies funded via Defra
pro grammes
Notes:
1. Departmental DEL, M ain Estimate 2012/13. Includes
depreciatio n o f £192m
Joint
Nature
Conservation
Committee
£10m
Operations
£183m
Commercial
£92m
Finance
£11m
Provisions &
Unallocated
£171m
Communications
£6m
Strategy
£7m
EU,
International
& CAP
Reform
£29m
Legal
£8m
Information
Services
£59m
2. In additio n to Exchequer funded DEL, Defra pays appro ximately
£2.3 billio n o f EU funds to farmers and lando wners in England in
respect o f the Single P ayments Scheme (£1,789m) and RDP E (£513m).
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Kew
£27m
Food and Environment
Research Agency
£30m
HR
£8m
Veterinary
Medicines
Directorate
£3m
Departmental efficiency
These data allow the public to compare the Department’s operations to other organisations by setting out the cost of common
operational areas, and sets out the Department’s efficiency plans for 2012/13.
Spending
Latest Data (QDS1 3 2011)
Actions to improve operational efficiency in 2012/13
Estates
255,959sqm total office floor area and
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£76m cost in 2010/11
Consolidate our estate and dispose of surplus space as part of the Defra Network Estate Strategy
Framework. This is forecast to achieve savings of up to £12m in 2012/13, on top of £24m of
savings delivered against the 2010/11 baseline.
Procurement
£319.91m in Q3 2011/12 ,
Fraud, Error and
Debt
£0.46m fraud detected for 2010/11 .
We will be able to report error and
debt figures from Q4 2012/13.
HR
23,014 staff at 31 Dec 2011
Major Projects
See Planned expenditure and major
projects (p. 13)
Category
3 4
In the core Department: adopt category management, delivering savings through a more strategic
approach to procurement and contract management; lead a more commercial approach to
spending on grants and research; make maximum use of central contracts and frameworks and
seek savings through greater collaboration across the Defra network. At the Environment Agency:
deliver 15% efficiency savings on flood defence procurement by March 2015.
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3
Financial controls designed to prevent and detect fraud and error are embedded in our systems
and processes. Findings of NAO and Internal Audit reports are acted on and implemented to
strengthen controls and implement best practice. Our Fraud Policy is being updated following audit
review and fraud awareness training is being rolled out. At the RPA, there are targets to ensure
that payments from the Single Payments Scheme are accurate to 98% of the financial value.
Ongoing restructuring across the Defra Network to meet future needs and the requirements of the
Spending Review. This is forecast to reduce the Defra Network pay budget by up to 7.5% for
2012/13 compared with 2011/12.
Internally, assurance for Defra‟s Major Projects is provided through Defra‟s Supervisory
Board/Management Committee approvals process and also through Senior Responsible Owners
and Programme/Project Boards. Externally, assurance is provided through the Major Projects
Authority Gateway process. All of Defra‟s Major Projects will go through Gateway Reviews to
implement best practice and Programme/Project Management methodology.
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Quarterly Data Summary
Core Department, Executive Agencies and NDPBs as included in the estates benchmark report
3
Core Department, Executive Agencies and Executive NDPBs
4
Includes VAT
5
Core Department, Executive Agencies, Executive NDPBs and Public Corporations
2
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Spending
Latest Data (QDS1 3 2011)
Actions to improve operational efficiency in 2012/13
Category
Information
Technology
£73.2m in Q3 2011/12
3, 4
Achieve savings through renegotiation of the Environment Agency‟s CAP Gemini contract, cost
avoidance and decommissioning of 45 applications. Share best practice and ideas through a
Cross-Network Savings Group to drive further IT savings. This is forecast to achieve up to £21.8m
savings across the network in 2012/13 (based on a 2010/11 baseline) on top of £23m savings in
2011/12.
Corporate Services
£7.45m in Q3 2011/12
1
Streamline corporate services to support our new organisational structure, whilst increasing
flexibility and resilience. Reduce corporate services costs by sharing services, improving processes
and fully engaging with central Government initiatives. Replace contingent workers with permanent
members of staff where possible. In the core Department, this is forecast to deliver up to a 10%
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reduction in the 2012/13 budget for overall corporate service overheads, compared with the
2011/12 budget.
SMEs and
Voluntary
Organisations
£48.26m procured from SMEs in Q3
3
2011/12 . We will be able to report
VCS procurement spend figures by
Q2 2012/13.
Support the aspiration that 25% of Government spend would go to SMEs/VCS by implementing
plans to improve our performance in this area. Work with Cabinet Office to improve data on the
status of our suppliers.
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Core Department only
As defined in the Department‟s Quarterly Data Summary.
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Core Department, AH, VMD, MMO, EA, GLA, JNCC, NE, and NFC
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D) Transparency
Indicators and other key data
The Department has adopted the following input and impact indicators to help the public assess the effects of policies and reforms on the cost
and impact of public services. These indicators, and other data specified here and in our Open Data Strategy, will be regularly published online.
Description
General indicators
Type of data
Net cost to business of Defra‟s regulations (where monetised)
Other key data
Benefit to cost ratio of Defra‟s regulations (where available)
Other key data
Support and develop British farming and encourage sustainable food production
Cost per Single Payment Scheme (SPS) claim (England)
Input indicator
Total cost to government of bovine TB control in animals in England
Input indicator
Agricultural soils nitrogen balance (England)
Impact indicator
Productivity of the UK agricultural industry
Impact indicator
Cattle herds that are officially TB free (OTF) (England)
Impact indicator
Enhance the environment and biodiversity to improve quality of life
Total government funding to the Environment Agency for management of environmental quality of surface water bodies (England)
Input indicator
Net change in surface water quality (England)
Impact indicator
Farmland birds index (England)
Impact indicator
Condition of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) (England)
Impact indicator
Support a strong and sustainable green economy, including thriving rural communities, resilient to
climate change
Cost of local authority waste management per household (England)
Input indicator
Total government capital investment in flood and coastal erosion risk management (England)
Input indicator
Household recycling rates (England)
Impact indicator
Number of households where the risk of damage from flooding and coastal erosion has been markedly reduced (England)
Impact indicator
Number of households and businesses in hard-to-reach rural areas which will be able to receive access to superfast broadband
as a result of Rural Community Broadband Fund investment (England)
Impact indicator
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Open data
This section sets out as a summary Defra’s commitment to open data. Further details, including what new datasets will be
published when, will be set out in full in Defra’s Open Data Strategy, to be published this summer.
Defra and its delivery network have published nearly 400 datasets on data.gov.uk. Defra leads the UK Location Programme which
promotes the publication of location data across the UK in a format that is easily discovered and reusable by others. Over the
coming two years, Defra and its delivery network will publish many more environmental datasets, in line with the EU INSPIRE
Directive, as well as other environmental and agricultural data that will be of interest to citizens and business. Where possible users
will be able to search and preview location datasets against a map. In addition to publishing a range of corporate data, we will seek
to identify and publish customer satisfaction and experience data to help the public and business to judge Defra’s performance. We
will raise awareness of the data we publish and encourage re-use under an Open Government Licence. The UK Location Programme
will work with other public sector bodies to encourage re-use and exploitation of location data. We will develop existing data
quality systems, sharing best practice across our delivery network to drive up the quality of our data, making it easier for citizens
and business to understand and re-use.
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