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EIR2024-00023: Implementation of the biodiversity duty

Response to an Environmental Information Request (EIR) about the implementation of the 'biodiversity duty' of the Environment Act 2021.

From:
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Published
5 August 2024

Documents

Response: Implementation of the biodiversity duty

Ref: EIR2024-00023-Response

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Annex A: Nature recovery plan considerations

Ref: EIR2024-00023-Annex_A

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Details

Reference number EIR2024-00023
Date of request 11 July 2024
Date of response 5 August 2024
Outcome Information partially disclosed

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (the department) received the following request for information which we responded to under Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR):

I would like to make a Freedom of Information request to the department with respect to the implementation of the ‘biodiversity duty’ of the 2021 Environment Act. The duty required government departments to undertake a first consideration by January 1 2024.

  1. Did the department produce its own first consideration report or document by that date? If so, I would like to make a request for any such report or document.

  2. How many meetings did ministers and officials undertake with respect to the first consideration?

  3. The duty asks that public authorities “must agree…policies and objectives as soon as possible after [January 1 2024]”. I would like to request information about how many meetings have been undertaken by department officials and ministers to that end in addition to individual summaries of those meetings.

  4. Has the department agreed policies and objectives related to the duty? If so, I would like to request a summary of those policies.

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