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Environmental Improvement Plan Monitoring

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the Office for Environmental Protection are monitoring implementation of the Environmental Improvement Plan, with particular emphasis on managing PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination, including waste diversion, health research, remediation guidance, and regulatory restrictions. The plan currently lacks specificity in monitoring requirements and adequate enforcement capacity.

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2026

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3 Feb 2026 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Publication of the UK Government’s PFAS Plan

UIN: HLWS1299 My Honourable Friend, the Minister for Water and Flooding (Emma Hardy MP), has made the following statement.I wish to update the House on the Government’s work to address the challenges posed by per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often …

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3 Feb 2026 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Publication of the UK Government’s PFAS Plan

UIN: HCWS1297 I wish to update the House on the Government’s work to address the challenges posed by per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often known as “forever chemicals”, and to announce the publication of the UK Government’s PFAS Plan.PFAS represent …

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2025

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20 Oct 2025 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Government response to the OEP report: Environmental Improvement Plan progress from 2023 to 2024

Government response to the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) January 2025 report on progress in improving England’s natural environment from April 2023 to March 2024.

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19 May 2025 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Government response to OEP review: implementation of the duty to have due regard to the Environmental Principles Policy Statement

The government's response to the Office for Environmental Protection review of the duty to have due regard to the Environmental Principles Policy Statement.

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2024

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11 Sep 2024 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Government Response to the Office for Environmental Protection Report on the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive Regulations and River Basin Management Planning in England

UIN: HCWS86 Today the Government is laying before the House its full response to the Office for Environmental Protection’s (OEP’s) review of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) Regulations and River Basin Management Planning.The Government welco...

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8 May 2024 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Resources and waste strategy for England: monitoring and evaluation

Setting out our approach to monitoring and evaluating the progress of the resources and waste strategy.

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16 Jan 2024 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Government response to the OEP report on progress in improving the natural environment in England

Government response to the Office for Environmental Protection’s report on progress in improving the natural environment in England from January 2023.

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2023

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27 Mar 2023 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Post Implementation Reviews

UIN: HCWS674 Today the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) are publishing a report, the Post-Implementation Review of Environmental Law. This report highlights that over 40 post implementation reviews of regulations required by statute have either not been under...

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27 Mar 2023 | Announcement Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Post Implementation Reviews

UIN: HLWS661 My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Thérèse Coffey) has made the following Statement.Today the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) are publishing a report, the Post-Implementation Review of Envi...

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2022

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2021

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2019

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2018

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