Guidance: Great crested newts: apply for a mitigation class licence for ‘low impact’ work (CL33)

How to apply for a licence to cover work that will have a low impact on great crested newts and their habitats.




Transparency data: Defra: senior officials’ outside employment, April 2022 to March 2023

Details of any paid, or otherwise remunerated, outside employment held by members of the Senior Civil Service (SCS).




Form: Site visit declaration: Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship

Agreement holders with the education access option should submit an declaration form for each visit to their site.




News story: Newly validated test to detect pyridine in animal tissues and sediments

The method has been used to re-analyse samples from a crustacean mortality incident in the north east in Autumn 2021, with results indicating very low levels of pyridine and supporting independent panel conclusions




Transparency data: Defra: spending over £25,000, July 2023

Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.