Publication scheme
This Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) publication scheme shows the information available to the public about how APHA operates and explains how to access that information.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) requires us to tell members of the public where they can find information that is routinely made available.
Our publication scheme fulfils the requirements of the Information Commissioner as set out in the Model Publication Scheme.
We publish the majority of APHA’s information on this website (GOV.UK), and specific documents can be found using the publication search.
If the information you want is not routinely published, you can make a request for it under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act or Environmental Information Regulations (EIR). See details on how to make a request for information and APHA’s contacts.
Fees for publications
You can download APHA publications from GOV.UK free of charge.
You can also request a single print-out of any of APHA’s publications free of charge. There may be a charge for multiple print-outs, or for archived copies of documents which are not available on GOV.UK. This is to cover the cost of photocopying and postage. We’ll provide details of costs at the time of your request. You must pay any charge to APHA in advance.
Who we are and what we do
We publish organisational information, locations and contacts, constitutional and legal governance including:
- our governance
- overview of our work
- our services
- governance structure
- our management
- locations and contact details
- research at APHA
- answers to Parliamentary Questions published by UK Parliament
What we spend and how we spend it
We publish financial information on projected and actual income and expenditure, tenders, procurement and contracts including:
- annual report and accounts
- tendering and procurement is covered by Defra policy
- workforce management and expenditure over £25,000 is published on data.gov.uk for September 2011 to 2012 as AHVLA and from then on as part of Defra’s data provision
- business costs and hospitality are published by Defra as part of their transparency data
- calls for tender, contracts awarded and pre-information notices are published on Defra’s eSourcing Portal.
- new contracts awarded announced on our organisation page
What our priorities are and how we are doing
We publish strategy and performance, plans, assessments, inspections and reviews including our science strategy
How we make decisions
We publish policy proposals, decision making processes, internal criteria and procedures, consultations on our policy papers and consultations.
Our policies and procedures
We publish current written protocols for delivering our functions and responsibilities on our policy papers and consultations including:
- customer service standards
- complaints procedure
- personal information charter
- access to information
- regulatory and compliance policy
Lists and registers
We publish lists and registers of APHA approved premises related to animal health and welfare, and plant and seed information including:
- approved animal by-product operating plants
- finishing units for cattle
- TSE testing of fallen cattle
- Poultry Health Scheme: list of members
The services we offer
We publish information on services we provide and what you need to do to request these services. Where relevant there is also guidance available on legal compliance. Examples include:
- laboratory services test and price lists
- commercial products and services
- pet travel: apply for GB pet health certificate
- fish products: health certificates
- keeping farmed animals
- handling animal by-products
- plant health controls
- National Listing and seed certification
- import and export of animals and animal products
- international trade and commercial use of endangered species
- Vet Gateway
Publications
You can find many APHA publications on our corporate publications and on our research and statistics including:
- APHA staff publications
- APHA chemical food safety reports (livestock)
- Disease incidence data (bees only) (BeeBase)
- Statistics on the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in cattle in Great Britain
- APHA animal disease surveillance reports
- TSE disease surveillance statistics
- bovine TB surveillance and epidemiology in Great Britain
- animal on-farm welfare inspections
- FOI or EIR releases
You can find further publications on the data.gov.uk and open data including FOI or EIR information requests – (statistics).
You can also find previous year’s publications on other GOV.UK pages or The National Archives website.
Request information
We want our publication scheme to meet the needs of our customers and stakeholders.
If you’ve a comment or query on the scheme, or want to request information, send to:
ATI Enquiries Manager
Animal and Plant Health Agency
Woodham Lane
New Haw
Addlestone
Surrey, KT15 3NB
Or email: enquiries@apha.gov.uk
Copyright
The information supplied to you is protected by Crown Copyright and the content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated.
For information about the OGL and about re-using Crown Copyright information please see The National Archives website.