Weekly publications give the average wholesale prices of selected home-grown horticultural produce. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged by wholesalers for selected home-grown fruit, vegetables and cut flowers and flowering pot plants at the wholesale markets in Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool and New Spitalfields. This publication is updated weekly.

As from the 04 June 2018 (week 22) Manchester wholesale market has replaced Liverpool wholesale market.

All prices are in pounds (£) with units standardized.

Prices for the current week (excel spreadsheet ‘.xls’ format)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 152KB

Prices for the current week (open document ‘.ods’ format)

ODS, 22.8KB

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Dataset of weekly prices 2015 to 2018 (excel spreadsheet ‘.xls’ format)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 975KB

Dataset of weekly prices 2015 to 2018 (open document ‘.ods’ format)

ODS, 230KB

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In order to support delivery of the NDA’s 2016 Strategy, a Problematic Waste Integrated Project Team (IPT) was established in May 2016. Its objective is to develop a co-ordinated and improved approach to the industry-wide management of problematic radioactive waste. The IPT is being led by LLW Repository Ltd and RWM on behalf of the NDA and includes engagement with a range of stakeholders. Documents related to the IPT can be found on this section of the website.

This report is produced by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and is updated weekly with findings of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) – often referred to as bird flu – in wild birds in Great Britain.

These are findings of avian influenza from our ongoing routine surveillance for avian influenza in wild birds. This surveillance is made up of patrols by wild bird reserve wardens and collections of found-dead wild birds reported to us by members of the public. This data only represents cases where birds have tested positive for avian influenza.

Guidance

The guide to cross compliance in England 2017
(PDF, 2.65MB, 83 pages)

Appendix_GAEC 3 Groundwater
(PDF, 57.6KB, 1 page)

Appendix_SMR 13_Animal welfare
(PDF, 269KB, 8 pages)

What’s new in 2017

As explained in the ‘What’s new in 2017’ section of the guide, there’s only one change to the cross compliance rules for 2017. This change is to GAEC 1: Establishment of buffer strips along watercourses.

You’ll also find ‘Key dates in 2017’ on page 5 in the guide. This reminds you what you should and shouldn’t do to meet the rules throughout the year.

RPA has also created a video about what to expect during an inspection which is now under Cross compliance 2018.

Inspections and calculating penalties

For detailed information about inspections and penalties, read page 12 of ‘The guide to cross compliance in England 2017’ above.

If you’re inspected and the inspector finds something wrong, they use a set of standards called ‘verifiable standards’ to assess how serious the non-compliance is. This is based on the extent of the non-compliance and how severe and permanent it is.

RPA uses a guide to work out the penalty that is to be applied.

They also use a calculator to work out how severe a non-compliance is for cattle identification and registration for SMR 7.

Get a copy of these documents from ruralpayments@defra.gsi.gov.uk. Tell them which documents you want and use ‘Verifiable Standards 2017’ as the email heading.

These are the results from
cross compliance inspections in 2017
(PDF, 568KB, 22 pages)

– they show the reasons why farmers failed to meet each Statutory Management Requirement (SMR) and Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAEC).

The Greening Government Commitments set out the actions UK government departments and their agencies will take to reduce their impacts on the environment in the period 2016 to 2020.

They set out targets for UK government departments and their agencies to:

• reduce their greenhouse gas emissions
• send less waste to landfill and reduce the overall amount of waste they produce
• reduce water consumption

They also set out commitments for departments to

• improve sustainable procurement
• report transparently on key sustainability issues

They supersede the Greening Government Commitments for 2011 to 2015.

We have also published an overview of the reporting requirements for central government departments and their agencies.

We publish annual reports on performance against the Greening Government Commitments.