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Services

1. Buy a rod fishing licence

   How and where to buy or upgrade a rod fishing licence for salmon, trout, freshwater fish, smelt and eels in England and Wales.

2. Bringing your pet dog, cat or ferret to the UK

   Taking pets abroad on holiday or to live - pet passports, PETS travel scheme, microchipping, rabies vaccinations, quarantine, travelling with assistance dogs

3. Make or update a rural payments claim

   Update your details with the Rural Payments Agency to keep claiming payments for your farm land

4. Find out if you're at risk of flooding in England

   Check your risk of flooding: get current flood warnings, check the 5-day forecast or use flood maps

5. Get help and support for your business

   Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business

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Guidance and regulation

1. Pet travel to Europe after Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 10 April 2019
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency
2. BPS 2019
   • Detailed guide
   • 12 April 2019
   • Rural Payments Agency
3. Noise nuisances: how councils deal with complaints
   • Detailed guide
   • 21 December 2017
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
4. Personal food, plant and animal product imports
   • Detailed guide
   • 7 February 2017
   • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
5. Access the public register for environmental information
   • Detailed guide
   • 14 August 2018
   • Environment Agency

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News and communications

17 April 2019 — Press release

Polperro tidal gate repairs to start next week

Environment Agency

1. Environment Agency announces new green legacy for £2.6bn flood and coastal risk management programme.
   • 17 April 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • News story
2. Climate Change: Turning emergency into opportunity
   • 16 April 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Speech
3. UK Programme Funds in Colombia
   • 16 April 2019
   • World news story
4. Stay safe this Easter in and around the Thames
   • 15 April 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Rainfall and river flow: weekly reports for England
   • 18 April 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Research
2. Quota use statistics
   • 18 April 2019
   • Marine Management Organisation
   • Statistical data set
3. Household Energy Efficiency Statistics, detailed report 2018
   • 18 April 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • National statistics
4. RHI monthly deployment data: March 2019
   • 18 April 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Official statistics
5. Household Energy Efficiency Statistics, headline release April 2019
   • 18 April 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Special Protection Area extension: consultation outcome
   • 18 April 2019
   • Natural England
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 30 November 2018
2. Open access restriction at Humberhead Peatlands NNR 8: consultation outcome
   • 18 April 2019
   • Natural England
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 20 March 2019
3. Open access restriction at Humberhead Peatlands NNR 7: consultation outcome
   • 18 April 2019
   • Natural England
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 20 March 2019
4. Open access restriction at Humberhead Peatlands NNR 6: consultation outcome
   • 18 April 2019
   • Natural England
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 20 March 2019
5. Open access restriction at Humberhead Peatlands NNR 5: consultation outcome
   • 18 April 2019
   • Natural England
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 20 March 2019

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Register of Interests - Forestry Commissioners
   • 17 April 2019
   • Forestry Commission
   • Transparency
2. CoRWM meeting minutes 2019
   • 17 April 2019
   • Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
   • Transparency
3. Sizewell C: response to EDF Energy stage 3 consultation
   • 15 April 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Corporate report
4. Radioactive particles in the environment around Dounreay
   • 12 April 2019
   • Dounreay
   • Corporate report
5. Ilfracombe Harbour Revision Order
   • 11 April 2019
   • Marine Management Organisation
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
2. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3. Rural Payments Agency
4. Marine Management Organisation
5. Animal & Plant Health Agency

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1. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2. Department for Transport
3. Veterinary Medicines Directorate
4. Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
5. Home Office
6. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
7. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
8. HM Revenue & Customs
9. Public Health England
10. Coal Authority
11. Ministry of Defence
12. Department for International Development
13. HM Treasury
14. Office for Low Emission Vehicles
15. Planning Inspectorate
16. UK Atomic Energy Authority
17. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
18. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
19. Cabinet Office
20. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
21. Office for Product Safety & Standards
22. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment
23. Department of Health & Social Care
24. Government Office for Science
25. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
26. Department for Work & Pensions
27. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
28. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
29. Department for International Trade
30. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
31. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
32. Groceries Code Adjudicator
33. RDPE Network
34. Northern Ireland Office
35. Veterinary Products Committee
36. Valuation Office Agency
37. The Oil and Pipelines Agency
38. Department for Education
39. Department for Exiting the European Union
40. Defence Safety Authority
41. Science Advisory Council
42. Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
43. Government Veterinary Services
44. Committee on Fuel Poverty
45. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
46. Government Legal Department
47. Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board
48. Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
49. Border Force
50. Companies House
51. Government Actuary's Department
52. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
53. Homes England
54. Infrastructure and Projects Authority
55. Ministry of Justice
56. Pubs Code Adjudicator
57. Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
58. UK Export Finance
59. Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
60. Attorney General's Office
61. Certification Officer
62. Commission on Human Medicines
63. Crown Commercial Service
64. Defence and Security Accelerator
65. Export Guarantees Advisory Council
66. The Insolvency Service
67. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
68. Office for Civil Society
69. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
70. Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
71. Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
72. Tribunal Procedure Committee

1. Environment Agency
2. Natural England
3. Forestry Commission
4. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
5. Radioactive Waste Management
6. UK Hydrographic Office
7. Government Chemist
8. Innovate UK
9. Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
10. Sellafield Ltd
11. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
12. Low Level Waste Repository Ltd
13. British Cattle Movement Service
14. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
15. Magnox Ltd
16. Animals in Science Committee
17. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
18. Highways England
19. UK Co-ordinating Body
20. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
21. Dounreay
22. Council for Science and Technology
23. Defence Equipment and Support
24. Forensic Science Regulator
25. UK Space Agency
26. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
27. Rail Accident Investigation Branch
28. Single Source Regulations Office
29. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
30. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
31. HM Land Registry
32. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
33. The Charity Commission
34. Competition and Markets Authority
35. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
36. HM Prison Service
37. Migration Advisory Committee
38. Military Aviation Authority
39. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
40. Regulatory Policy Committee
41. Social Security Advisory Committee

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1. Chemicals
2. Climate change and energy
3. Commercial fishing, fisheries and vessels
4. Environmental permits
5. Food and farming
6. Marine
7. Oil, gas and coal
8. Pollution and environmental quality
9. River maintenance, flooding and coastal erosion
10. Rural and countryside
11. Waste and recycling
12. Water industry
13. Wildlife, animals, biodiversity and ecosystems