Selected Contacts: government

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) (formerly Her Majesty’s Stationary Office) is the official source for Government information, including White Papers (Policy Papers), Statutes and Statutory Instruments. However, OPSI does not sell Government publications, these should be obtained from the Stationery Office.

The Official Journal (OJ) of the European Union, which includes legislation (L series) and proposed legislation (C series) is available from OPSI.

Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

DEFRA is the lead government department for implementing the majority of environmental laws in the UK. They are also a source of free DEFRA (and former DETR, DoE) publications at their website

Transport related material can be found on the Department of Transport website.

Planning related documents can be found on the Department for Communities and Local Government website (formerly the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister).

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)

BERR lead on certain environmental policy areas, for example Producer Responsibility issues (packaging, WEEE/RoHS, ELV and batteries) as well as some areas of Climate Change Policy.

Environment Agency (EA)
Regulatory responsibilities include: integrated pollution control, integrated pollution prevention and control, waste, water, and radioactive substances. Its website can be found here.

EA Regional Offices

Region

Address

Telephone

Facsimile

South West

Manley House Kestrel Way Exeter EX2 7LQ

01392 444 000

01392 444 238

Southern

Guildbourne House Chatsworth Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1LD

01903 832 000

01903 821 832

Thames

Kings Meadow House Kings Meadow Road Reading RG1 8DQ

0118 953 5000

0118 950 0388

Anglian

Kingfisher House Goldhay Way Orton Goldhay Peterborough PE2 5ZR

01733 371 811

01733 231 840

Midlands

Sapphire East 550 Streetsbrook Road Solihull B91 1QT

0121 711 2324

0121 711 5824

Wales

Cambria House 29 Newport Road Cardiff CF24 0TP

02920 770 088

02920 798 555

North East

Rivers House 21 Park Square South Leeds LS1 2QG

01132 440 191

01132 461 889

North West

PO Box 12 Richard Fairclough House Knutsford Road Warrington WA4 1HG

01925 653 999

01925 415 961


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