Policy paper: Tree health resilience strategy 2018

This strategy sets out plans to reduce the risk of pest and disease threats. It also sets out how we will strengthen the resilience of our trees to withstand threats.

This strategy includes a National Action Plan. The plan sets out what we’re already doing and what we and others will need to do to protect our trees and the important services they provide.

In “our goals”, we’ve summarised what we hope to achieve over the next 5 years.




Guidance: Radioactive Waste Management privacy notice

RWM processes personal information collected from a range of sources. These include personal information provided by members of the public when making enquiries about our work, e.g. by engaging with us as part of our programme to deliver a Geological Disposal Facility or by making a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

For further information please read the attached privacy notice.




Policy paper: Oxford flood scheme

Updated: Compulsory purchase order information added.

The Environment Agency is working with partners on a major new scheme to reduce flood risk to homes and businesses in Oxford, as well as to services and major transport routes into the city.




Guidance: Recording non-compliance using the Compliance Classification Scheme (CCS)

This document is for Environment Agency staff. It explains how the CCS works. They have published it for transparency and to help customers understand the scheme. Links in this document to information that is not publicly available will not work.

The Environment Agency uses the CCS to classify permit breaches. They look at whether you have kept to the conditions of your permit. They also look at the consequences of you failing to meet those conditions, for example:

  • what might happen to the environment
  • any work they would need to do to deal with a breach or to make your site compliant

See more information about compliance classification scoring.




Official Statistics: Digest of waste and resource statistics, 2018 edition

The Digest of waste and resource statistics is a compendium of statistics on a range of waste and resource areas, based on data published mainly by Defra, WRAP, the Environment Agency, Office for National Statistics and Eurostat. They are collated in this Digest for ease of use. The various sets of data are not all for the same time periods but the most recent available data has been used. This is the first time that Defra has produced a Digest of waste and resource statistics.

It contains sections on:

Resource, including flows and consumption of raw materials, such as metals, minerals, Waste generation and sources of waste, Destiny of waste, eg recycling, incineration, Waste composition Food waste Economic characteristics of the sector, Waste infrastructure, Environmental issues with waste Behavioural attitudes to waste Waste crime EU data on waste Data uses: The Digest is aimed at a wide audience, including policymakers, analysts and specialists in the Defra network, the Environment Agency, WRAP, other organisations, the waste sector, academia, other researchers and consultancies.