Statistical press release to announce the publication of the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES) and 3 other publications.
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The Environment Agency has received 2 applications for environmental permits at the Bletchingley oil and gas site in Surrey. read more
The Environment Agency has received 2 applications for environmental permits at the Bletchingley oil and gas site in Surrey.
These applications have been submitted by the site operator to bring the site into line with the current regulations for conventional oil and gas sites. This is part of the Environment Agency’s review of all oil and gas permits granted prior to October 2013.
In deciding whether or not to issue the permits, the Environment Agency will take into account all relevant considerations and legal requirements.
You can view and comment on the applications.
An Environment Agency spokesperson said:
An environmental permit sets out stringent conditions to which a site must adhere. We will not issue or vary an environmental permit for a site if we consider that activities taking place will cause significant pollution to the environment or harm to human health.
We are in the process of determining the applications to re-permit this site and we want to hear from the public and understand peoples’ views. Everybody has the chance to see what the permit may look like and to raise any additional concerns before we make any final decision.
For all media enquiries please contact 0800 141 2743 or email Southeastpressoffice1@environment-agency.gov.uk.
From today motorists across the UK can access up-to-the-minute information from the DVLA on their vehicle tax through Amazon’s Alexa.
DVLA is trialling an Alexa product, known as a ‘skill’ which allows customers to check their vehicle tax and MOT status.
Free to download on the Alexa Skill Store, it works by customers reading out the vehicle registration to an Alexa-enabled device such as an Echo. ‘Alexa’ then reads the information back, letting the customer know when their vehicle tax is due.
This information, which is also available on gov.uk/check-vehicle-tax, helps customers to check the date their vehicle tax is due, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Oliver Morley, DVLA’s Chief Executive said,
We’re really excited about trialling an innovative skill that gives customers access to information about their vehicles.
Providing choice in how people use our services is important to DVLA and by trialling this skill we are giving customers another way to get information quickly and easily – helping them to keep on top of their vehicle tax.
This is another example of how we are always looking to test new ways of providing digital services to make things simpler and better for the UK’s motorists.
The DVLA skill is available to download via amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dalexa-skills&field-keywords=DVLA