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Access to information - Freedom of Information and the Environmental Information Regulations

If you want to request information from Defra, would like to know what your rights to environmental information are, or learn how to implement the Environmental Information Regulations in your organisation, these pages will help.

What do you want to do?

I want to access information held by Defra
  • How to obtain information that is publicly available
  • How to request information that is held by Defra
  • Learn what guidance Defra provides for staff
I want to understand my rights to information
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I want to know about the Environmental Information Regulations
  • How to get help and advice on the regulations
  • How to implement the Regulations in my organisation
  • Updates on current issues in relation to the Regulations
  • Background information

Page last modified: 6 April 2006

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