Archive for 'About Defra'
Capability Review 2012
The Review considers the Department’s capability in leadership, strategy and delivery and sets out steps to improve Defra’s capability through its Change Programme. This Review was conducted as a self assessment under the Guidance of Defra’s independent Non Executive Directors.
Defra equality objectives 2012-2016
This paper sets out how we will implement The Equality Act 2010 and meet our legal obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty and most important how we will integrate action on diversity and equality into how Defra operates and does business. It provides information on our People Objectives and how we will measure and [...]
Joint Code of Practice for Research (JCoPR)
The JCoPR sets out standards for the quality of science and the quality of research processes that contractors who carry out research on behalf of Defra, and other signatory organisations, must follow.
Red Tape Challenge – Environment Theme proposals
This document details the proposals following the Red Tape Challenge for the Environment Theme.
Workforce Monitoring
This report has been prepared in compliance with the Department’s responsibilities under The Equality Act 2010, and only refers to those aspects of equality that relate to our employees and the impact of our policies and processes on indentified protected groups, and does not include any references to our customers or stakeholders.
Social Impacts and Wellbeing: multi-criteria analysis techniques for integrating non-monetary evidence in valuation and appraisal
Building on the work of the UK’s Social Impacts Taskforce, and publication by Defra of A Framework for Understanding the Social Impacts of Policy and their Effects on Wellbeing, this paper addresses how to assess and integrate evidence of social impacts and wellbeing into valuation and appraisal using multi-criteria analysis. The paper intends to help [...]
Payments for ecosystem services
This paper sets out the economic framework and key design principles for payments for ecosystem services. Approaches such as payments for ecosystem services offer the potential for improving environmental performance while also providing benefits for business and stimulating the development of creative solutions, so minimising any unnecessary burdens on the wider economy. This is part [...]
Surplus Public Sector Land: Accelerated Disposal Strategy to Deliver Land for Housing
Defra has published its land disposal strategy in support of housing development to convey the contribution the Department expects to make to housing provision over the spending review period.
The Costs and Benefits of Defra’s Regulatory Stock
This document summarises an ongoing assessment of the costs and benefits of the stock of Defra regulations.
Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11
This is part of a series of Annual Reports and Accounts which, along with the Main Estimates 2011–12 and the document Public Expenditure: Statistical Analyses 2011, present the Government’s outturn and planned expenditure for 2011–12. Further information Corporate reports, finances and accounts