Collection

Environment statistics

Information on our relationship with and impact on the environment around us.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 1 October 2018
• Last updated: 22 July 2021 — See all updates

Working with our Defra group partner organisations: Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Joint Nature Conservation Committee and Natural England we produce a wide range of statistics that provide information on our relationship with and impact on the environment around us.

Our products

Our partners within Defra group

Other sources of information

Developing our portfolio

Our Products

Environmental Quality

• air quality and emissions statistics
• UK carbon footprint
• England’s material Footprint
• Environmental Protection Expenditure
• waste and recycling statistics
• Digest of waste and resources statistics
• water quality and abstraction statistics

Natural Environment

• biodiversity and wildlife statistics
• natural environment statistics

Cross cutting statistics

• sustainable development indicators
• funding for flooding and coastal erosion

Our partners within Defra group

• Environment Agency (EA)
• Forestry Commission
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
• Natural England (NE)

Other sources of information

• Welsh government
• Scottish government
• Northern Ireland
• Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• ONS Environmental accounts

Developing our portfolio

Our environmental portfolio of official statistics is large (around 60 different products) and diverse. As for the Defra Group portfolio as a whole, we will continue to invest in developing our understanding of user needs and therefore to find the best balance between compendiums of environmental statistics, regular statistical releases on specific topic and supporting data releases.

One key driver of the way that the portfolio will evolve with be the progress reporting now in development for the Government’s 25 year plan. Looking further to the future, we believe that technological development can bring radical change to what we measure and how we measure it and we will continue to track the potential of environmental monitoring approaches from Earth observation to e-dna.

Published 1 October 2018
Last updated 22 July 2021 + show all updates

1. 22 July 2021

   England's material footprint added to Environment collection page

2. 9 March 2020

   Removed signpost to Office for Statistics Regulation User Engagement Survey as this has now closed.

3. 22 January 2020

   Amendment made to signpost Office for Statistics Regulation User Engagement Survey.

4. 25 October 2018

   Change to group name.

5. 25 October 2018

   Annual publication update.

6. 1 October 2018

   First published.