Evaluations, survey work, qualitative studies and impact assessments commissioned by UK government departments — separated out from the news, and attributed to the agency that carried out the work.
Defra invites representations on Lallemand UK Ltd’s application (GM/26/01) to market a genetically modified yeast, opening a public consultation and regulatory consideration under UK GMO controls.
HS2’s July 2026 monthly air quality and dust monitoring reports provide measurements from monitoring sites within local authorities along the Phase One route between London and the West Midlands.
Study examines how climate change could alter impacts of invasive non-native freshwater species in England up to 2100, assessing how temperature and hydrological change may change invasion risks, impacts and management needs.
Report provides catchment‑level source apportionment of nutrient pollution and estimates required diffuse sector reductions to meet protected area water quality targets, giving policymakers reductions by source and location to guide interventions.
Reviews scientific literature to assess whether passive sampling devices could feasibly replace fish and shellfish monitoring for chemical contaminants, evaluating practicality, sensitivity and applicability for routine environmental monitoring.
The UK’s 2025 annual compliance assessment against the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010, setting out whether pollutant concentrations meet legal limits and summarising national performance and exceedances for the year.
Modelled air quality data and supporting reports published to supplement the 2025 compliance assessment under the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010, providing concentrations and model outputs used to judge legal compliance across UK monitoring zones.
Publishes annual technical reports for the UK Hydrocarbons Network, recording monitoring practices, site-specific data and overall network performance for hydrocarbon pollutants.
Provides the annual technical reports for the Heavy Metals Monitoring Network, outlining monitoring methods, analytical results and assessment of heavy metal concentrations across network sites.
Includes annual technical reports for the Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN), describing monitoring approaches, data quality and pollutant measurements from the UK’s core urban and rural air quality network.
Contains the annual technical reports for the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) Monitoring Network, detailing monitoring methodology, site results and network performance for PAH pollutants.
Publishes reviews of the UK’s air quality monitoring networks conducted under the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010, assessing network design, performance and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Presents the annual technical reports for the UK Urban NO2 Network (UUNN), documenting monitoring methods, site performance and data from urban nitrogen dioxide monitoring sites across the UK.
Provides the data tables underpinning ‘Air pollution in the UK 2025’, presenting the UK’s compliance assessment against the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2010, used to judge legal air quality targets.
The Animal and Plant Health Agency publishes statistics on active and passive surveillance of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in sheep across Great Britain, detailing monitoring activity and findings for the relevant period.
Quarterly GB pig disease surveillance reports detail new and emerging threats to pig health across Great Britain, providing surveillance findings intended to inform veterinary responses and industry biosecurity measures.
A dataset has been published covering indicators for Theme F: Resilience within the Environmental Indicator Framework, supplying the raw data behind resilience-related environmental measures.
All indicators under Theme F (Resilience) of the Environmental Indicator Framework have been released, presenting the full set of resilience metrics used to track environmental system robustness.
Qualitative risk assessment examining the likelihood and pathways for New World Screwworm (NWS) being introduced into Great Britain from the USA and South America, identifying biosecurity risks and potential controls.
Summarises reports of Salmonella detected in livestock, dogs, birds and wildlife across Great Britain, providing surveillance data on species affected and occurrence in animals and animal feed.
The EDGE project conducted experiments at three English freshwater sites to derive decay and growth rates for intestinal enterococci, improving understanding of bacterial persistence in freshwater environments.
Assessed costs and practicality of fitting acoustic pingers on under-12m static-net vessels to reduce harbour porpoise bycatch, using stakeholder engagement in the southwest and an adaptable economic modelling framework estimating pinger numbers and expected costs.
Provides preliminary outbreak assessments, qualitative risk appraisals and updated situation reports on bluetongue virus in Europe, summarising current spread and risks to livestock health and informing surveillance and control measures.
Analysis presents findings from bovine tuberculosis epidemiology and surveillance across England and Great Britain in 2025, summarising disease distribution, surveillance outcomes and implications for TB control in cattle populations.
Descriptive epidemiology reports detail bovine tuberculosis patterns in England's Low Risk Area and selected focus counties for 2025, recording case distributions, trends and surveillance observations relevant to targeted control measures.
Provides typical and high-rate habit data for different UK age groups to support radiological impact assessments, supplying behavioural parameter values used when estimating radiation doses to populations.
An evaluation tests an emerging method for detecting microbial DNA markers in archived bathing‑water samples to assess its suitability for monitoring water quality and informing bathing‑water management.
A DEFRA marketing notice records a precision-bred status application for a banana plant, providing information on the submitted precision breeding marketing notice (reference PBM/26/MUAC/001) and its regulatory considerations.
Reports recorded animal use in quality‑control tests for batch release of immunological veterinary medicinal products via the UK from 2013 to 2024, documenting trends and volumes to inform regulatory and replacement strategy discussions.
Provides preliminary outbreak assessments of Newcastle disease in Europe, summarising recent detections and early epidemiological observations to inform surveillance and response efforts across affected countries.