Natural England - Disclosure log

Disclosure log

This log shows responses to access to information requests that we regard as having a wider public interest. These have been released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Please note that the disclosure log does not list everything that has been released under the Access to Information Legislation.

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Some responses consist of large numbers of documents that are not held in an electronic format. Where practical, we have scanned the documents concerned and made them available online via our website.

However, in certain cases the volume of files involved has made this impractical and we have been forced to provide the information requested in a hard copy format only.

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DateDetails of release
04 November 2011Response to RFIs 1264 and 1292 relating to funding of Environmental Stewardship schemes and the top 500 earners within these schemes.
Some files have been zipped for ease of download.
1246 Exception Statement: (73kb)pdf document  
1246 Response: (52kb)compressed zip file 
1292 Response: (38kb)pdf document
September 2011Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 1, April 2011 – June 2011. 2011-12 Q1 Performance Report: (162kb)pdf document.
September 2011All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during April 2011 – June 2011Request List: (168kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations between April 2011 – June 2011 and logged onto the Request Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
14 June 2011Response to RFI 1134 relating to further correspondence held regarding a legal challenge to the Handwork Fishery in the Wash.
Some files have been zipped for ease of download.
1134 Response Letter 1: (86kb)pdf document
1134 Response Letter 2: (113kb)pdf document
1134 Response Part 1: (2.8mb)compressed zip file
1134 Response Part 2: (379kb)compressed zip file
07 June 2011Response to RFI 994 relating to correspondence held regarding a legal challenge to the Handwork Fishery in the Wash.
Some files have been zipped for ease of download.
994 Response Letter: (114kb)pdf document
994 Response Part 1: (2.89mb)compressed zip file
994 Response Part 2: (5.05mb)compressed zip file
994 Response Part 3: (6.61mb)compressed zip file
994 Response Part 4: (1.28mb)compressed zip file
May 2011Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 4, 01 January 2011 – 31 March 2011.
2010-11 Q4 Performance Report: (158kb)pdf document
May 2011All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during January 2011 – March 2011.
Request List: (130kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during January 2011 – March 2011 and logged onto the Request Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
15 April 2011Response to RFI 1092 relating to the release of a corvid licence issued for scientific/research purposes.
1092 Response Letter: (147kb)pdf document
1092 Licence Released: (104kb)pdf document
April 2011Details on all Environmental Stewardship Higher Level Scheme (HLS) live in April 2011.  
This is an update to the 20 April 2007 disclosure log entry. Please see this entry for further information on the information.
Agreement List: (1.82mb)excel spreadsheet
Please note that where agreements are with sole traders or individuals, certain details have been withheld. These entries are marked as ‘Unavailable’. These changes have been made in order to comply with a European Court Judgment passed in November 2010 (Cases C-92/09 and C-93/09 Volker und Markus Schecke GbR v Hartmut Eifert).
March 2011Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 3, 01 October 2010 – 31 December 2010.
2010-11 Q3 Performance Report: (158kb)pdf document
March 2011All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during October 2010 – December 2010.
Request List: (123kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during October 2010 – December 2010 and logged onto the Request Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
October 2010Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 2, 01 July 2010 – 30 September 2010.
2010-11 Q2 Performance Report: (159kb)pdf document
October 2010All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during July 2010 – August 2010
Request List: (149kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during July 2010 – September 2010 and logged onto the Request Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
August 2010Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 1, 01 April 2010 – 30 June 2010.
2010-11 Q1 Performance Report: (162kb)pdf document
August 2010All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during April 2010 – June 2010
Request List: (79kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during April 2010 – June 2010 and logged onto the Request Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
May 2010Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 4, 01 January 2010 – 31 March 2010. .
2009-10 Q4 Performance Report: (137kb)pdf document
May 2010All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during January 2010 – March 2010
Request List: (79kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during January 2010 – March 2010 and logged onto the Request Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
18 February 2010Response to RFI 657 relating to providing details of all sighting or reports of “big cats” or other unusual/exotic/unidentified animals..
Exotic sightings 1 January 2005 to present: (136kb)pdf document
08 January 2010Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 3, 01 October 2009 – 31 December 2009.
2009-10 Q3 Performance Report: (55kb)pdf document
08 January 2010All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during October 2009 – December 2009
Request List: (46kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during October 2009 – December 2009 and logged onto the Request Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
16 October 2009Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 2, July 2009 – October 2009.
2009-10 Q2 Performance Report: (55kb)pdf document
16 October 2009All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during July 2009 – September 2009
Request List: (55kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during July 2009 – September 2009 and logged onto the Request Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
23 July 2009Response to RFI 518 relating to expense claims for the five highest paid employees (excluding the Chief Executive Officer) in Natural England.
Response letter RFI 518: (72kb)pdf document
FOI 518 Top 5 earners 1 April 2009: (115kb)excel spreadsheet
Top 5 expenditure summary: (28kb)excel spreadsheet
14 July 2009All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during April 2009 – June 2009
Request List: (104kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during April 2009 – June 2009 and logged onto the Request Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
14 July 2009Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 1, April 2009 – June 2009.
2009-10 Q1 Performance Report: (155kb)pdf document
22 June 2009Response to requests RFI 505, 506 and 507 relating to funding, staffing and expenses in Natural England.
RFI 505, 506 and 507: (93kb)pdf document
RFI 505, 506 and 507: (110kb)excel spreadsheet
12 June 2009Response to RFI 491 relating to expense claims made by Natural England’s Chief Executive Officer.
RFI 491 Response: (109kb)pdf document
08 April 2009All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during January 2009 – March 2009
Request List: (30kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during January 2009 – March 2009 and logged onto the Request Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
08 April 2009Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 4, January 2009 – March 2009
2008-09 Q4 Performance Report: (37kb)pdf document
23 January 2009All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during October 2008 – January 2009
Request List: (30kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during October 2008 - January 2009 and logged onto the Request Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
23 January 2009Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 3, October 2008 – January 2009
2008-09 Q3 Performance Report: (37kb)pdf document
13 October 2008All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during July 2008 – September 2008
Request List: (40kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during July 2008 - September 2008 and logged onto the Casework Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
13 October 2008Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 2, July 2008 – September 2008
2008-09 Q2 Performance Report: (53kb)pdf document
14 July 2008All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during April 2008 – June 2008
Request List: (39kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during April 2008 - June 2008 and logged onto the Casework Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
14 July 2008Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 1, April 2008 – June 2008
2008-09 Q1 Performance Report: (53kb)pdf document
01 July 2008Chief Executive Officer Expenses 2006-2008
Details of all expenses claimed by the Chief Executive of Natural England for 2006/7 & 2007/8, including a break down for items over £100.
Full Breakdown: (73kb)pdf document
20 June 2008Ecotown assessment documents
These files are in zip form for ease of downloading - these are Natural England's proforma for reporting assessment on the proposed Ecotowns. Please note that Ford Airfield and Ford Enterprise Hub are in the same document. The New Marston and Marston Vale are also in the same document.
25 April 2008Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 4, January 2008 – March 2008
2007-08 Q4 Performance Report: (128kb)pdf document
25 April 2008All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during January 2008 – March 2008
Request List: (21kb)pdf document - A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during January 2008 - March 2008 and logged onto the Casework Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
4 February 2008Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 3, October 2007 – December 2007
2007-08 Q3 Performance Report: (57kb)pdf document
4 February 2008All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during October 2007 - December 2007
Request List: (37kb)pdf document
A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during October 2007 - December 2007 and logged onto the Casework Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
23 October 2007Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 2, July 2007 – September 2007
2007-08 Q2 Performance Report: (57kb)pdf document
23 October 2007All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during July 2007 – September 2007
Request list: (38kb)pdf document
A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during July 2007 - September 2007 and logged onto the Casework Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
3 September 2007Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, Quarter 1, April 2007 – June 2007.
2007-2008 Q1 Performance Report [189 kB]: (189kb)word document
3 September 2007All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during April 2007 – June 2007
Request list [174 kB]: (175kb)word document
A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during April 2007 - June 2007 and logged onto the Casework Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
14 August 2007Agendas and Minutes from Natural England’s Executive Board from 12 October 2006 to 29 June 2007
Agendas [468 kB]
Minutes [1.3 MB]
The files are in zip form for ease of downloading.
09 August 2007List of all prosecutions undertaken by Natural England and its predecessor English Nature in relations to damage to Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)

Natural England:
Under section 28 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 (as substituted by Schedule 9 of the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 and inserted by section 55 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006): (48kb)excel spreadsheet

English Nature:
Under section 28 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 as substituted by Schedule 9 of the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000: (24kb)excel spreadsheet
Under Regulation 23 of The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 ('the Habitats Regulations'): (16kb)excel spreadsheet
Under section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended): (20kb)excel spreadsheet
1 June 2007Report on Access to Information Performance in Natural England, October 2006 – March 2007
2006-07 Q3 and Q4 Performance Report [211 kB]: (211kb)word document
1 June 2007All non-routine requests Natural England has logged during October 2006 - March 2007
Request List [264 kB]: (265kb)word document
A list of all requests received by Natural England under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations during October 2006 - March 2007 and logged onto the Casework Tracker. This list does not include routine requests for information that are not required to be logged onto the system.
20 April 2007

Details on all Environmental Stewardship Higher Level Scheme (HLS) agreements live in April 2007
THIS LIST IS NOW LOCATED IN THE APRIL 2011 ENTRY.                                                              The columns shown are:
Scheme: Which section of Environmental Stewardship the agreement is part of, eg
ELSHLS = Entry and Higher Level Schemes
HLS = Higher Level Scheme only
OELSHLS = Organic Entry and Higher Level Schemes
Party Name: Name of agreement holder(s)
Address Line 1: Name of Farm or Business
Gross area of parcels (Ha): The total area of all parcels on the holding. All of these parcels are not necessarily subject to HLS options. This is not area under agreement
Agreement Cost £: Planned total cost across the life of the agreement, normally 10 years
Paid Claims £: Total money paid out as of April 2007
To be paid in future £: Planned future payments
A parcel grid reference: A grid reference of the land under agreement
Options on agreement: These are the options chosen in the agreement. For an explanation of the codes see Higher Level Stewardship

16 March 2007Completed Bat Licence Report form submitted for research into European bat lyssavirus type 2(EBLV-2)(Rabies) infection in the Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii). On page 2 of the licence return, the Renewal of Licence section wasn't completed by the applicant. We can confirm that no application for renewal of licence has been received.
The Response letter: (23kb)word document
The Licence Report page1: (22kb)pdf document
26 October 2006Completed Application Form submitted for a Bat Licence for research intoEuropean bat lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV-2) (Rabies) infection in the Daubenton’s bat (Myotis daubentonii).
Completed Application Form: (46kb)pdf document
This completed application form references the document " Original project methodology and laboratory protocol" released on 24 October 2006 below.
24 October 2006Information Related to a Bat Licence for research intoEuropean bat lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV-2) (Rabies) infection in the Daubenton’s bat (Myotis daubentonii).

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