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Food & Rural Affairs
- Pet travel: entering/returning to the UK
- Get your dog microchipped
- Rural grants and payments
- Bringing food, animals, plants into UK
- Carrier bags: why there's a charge
- Flooding: check warnings and river levels
- Wildlife Offers: Countryside Stewardship
- Avian influenza (bird flu)
- All Defra services and information
What the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is doing
7 August 2018 — News story
Animal cruelty maximum sentences will be increased government confirms
Tougher sentences for animal cruelty move step closer following results of consultation
2 August 2018 — Press release
Environmental farming scheme given green light
Popular “Payment by Results” pilot scheme is granted two years of further funding
27 July 2018 — News story
Plastic bag sales in 'big seven' supermarkets down 86% since 5p charge
New figures show sales of 5p bags in England continued to fall in 2017/18.
6 August 2018 — News story
New guide for farmers to help reduce air pollution from ammonia
Agriculture is responsible for 88% of UK emissions of ammonia gas and this voluntary guide will help farmers improve air quality.
26 July 2018 — News story
Brakes, tyres and road wear call for evidence launched
Call for evidence to improve our understanding of the extent and impact of emissions from brake, tyre and road wear and potential ways to address them.
26 July 2018 — Press release
44 mile public path opens up North East coastline
Natural England is opening a new stretch of the England Coast Path from South Bents to Amble.
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What the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs does
We are the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people’s day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.
Defra is a ministerial department, supported by 33 agencies and public bodies.
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Defra Helpline
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom
Telephone (UK only)
03459 33 55 77
Telephone (from outside the UK)
+44 20 7238 6951
The quickest way to get a response is to call our Helpline which is open Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm (find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges). Alternatively you can email us, or write to us at the postal address given above. We aim to reply to emails or letters within fifteen working days.
Defra Rural Services helpline
Telephone
03000 200 301
Contact the Defra Rural Services helpline for farming-related advice.
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm.
You should also call us 24/7 to report suspicion of notifiable disease in animals.
Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges.
Pet Travel Scheme helpline
Eden Bridge House
Lowther Street
Carlisle
CA3 8DX
United Kingdom
Pet Travel Scheme helpline
0370 241 1710
Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm (closed on bank holidays).
Find out about call charges at www.gov.uk/call-charges.
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SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom
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