Information Asset Register

Our Information Asset Register will cover information held by Defra, including databases, old sets of files, recent electronic files, collections of statistics, research etc. While the IAR will concentrate on information resources that have not been formally published, some published items may also be included. It will complement, not duplicate, existing lists of published materials available from Defra, including Defra's Publication Scheme.

Defra's IAR will also be accessible via Inforoute, the new gateway to information held by all UK Government departments. Inforoute will provide direct access to the Government's Information Asset Register, which is an amalgamation of the IARs being created by each Government department, agency, quango and other bodies.

Our IAR has been grouped around the following broad subject categories:

• About Defra
• Animal health and welfare
• Environmental protection
• Farming
• Fisheries
• Food and drink
• Horticulture
• Plants and seeds
• Rural issues
• Science
• Sustainable development
• Water

• Wildlife and Countryside

• Veterinary Medicines Directorate

About Defra

• Environment Agency Financial Memorandum
• Fast Stream Development Programme
• Interchange Programme (personnel)
• Pay Bulletins (information on Defra's pay policy, updates on pay negotiations and latest pay scales)
• Records Management Guide: managing records as corporate knowledge
• Senior Civil Service (SCS) Programme
• Staff Training and Development information
• Statutory Bars
• Whitley Council Meetings - edited minutes

Animal health and welfare

• Animal Disease Insurance Working Group contacts
• Animal health and welfare codes
• Animal health, poultry
• Animal identification
• Documents passed to the Official Government Inquiries into the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak of 2001
• Foot and Mouth Disease - Disease Control System (FMD DCS)
• Guide to the Recognition of Horse Societies under EU Commission Decision 92/353/EEC
• Illegal Animal Products Seizures
• List of Petfood Premises Registered in GB under the Animal By-Products Order (1999)
• List of Pharmaceutical Premises Registered in GB under the Animal By-Products Order (1999)
• List of Premises Approved in GB to Render Animal by-products under the Animal By-Products Order (1999) and the Specified Risk Material Regulations (1997)
• List of Technical Premises Registered in GB under the Animal By-Products Order (1999)
• Livestock identification registered files and programme control manuals
• National Scrapie Plan administration centre statistics
• Register of Laboratories Authorised to Test under the Animal By-Products Order (1999)
• Register of Laboratories Authorised to Test Under the Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries Order (1993)
• State Veterinary Service Budgetary Control System
• State Veterinary Service Business Reform Programme
• State Veterinary Service Leicester Animal Health Office contacts list
• Viper
• Viper: veterinary instructions, procedures and emergency routines

Environmental protection

• Applications to release GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) into the environment
• Current and recent knowledge transfer activities in relation to environmental protection in agriculture
• Consumer Products Database
• EU Initiatives Database
• Evaluations of the Waste Minimisation and Recycling Fund
• Flood and Coastal Defence Approved Capital Programme
• Flood Defence Schemes Database
• Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC)/Government Sounding Board Reports
• Local Authority Fixed Penalty Notices
• New European Chemicals Strategy (NECS)
• Report on Environmental Priorities for Agriculture
• Testing, Approval and Use of Oil Dispersants: Final Report of the Government Review, January 1996

Farming

• Agronomic and Environmental Evaluation of Set-Aside
• Better delivery of Government advice to farmers
• EU Enlargement
• Historical Agricultural Census Data

Fisheries

• Fisheries Enforcement and Control Policy
• Fisheries Quota Management
• Fishing vessel licensing information
• Fishing Vessel Licensing Working Group
• Sea Fisheries Inspectorate Enforcement and Controls

Food and drink

• Agriculture Development Scheme Project Reports
• Database of Certificates of Free Sale issued by Food & Drink Industry Division
• English and Welsh Wine Statistics Table
• Guidance Notes for Certificates of Free Sale issued by Food & Drink Industry Division
• Import and Export of Alcoholic Drinks
• Notice to Growers [UK Quality Wine Scheme etc]

Horticulture

• Carrot Storage
• Controlling Pests of Vegetable Brassicas
• Irrigation Best Practice: a guide for container-grown ornamentals
• Irrigation Best Practice: a guide for top and soft fruit growers
• Irrigation Best Practice: a guide for vegetable growers

Plants and seeds

• Crop Inspectors in England and Wales
• Explanatory Leaflet on Importing Invertebrate Plant Pests
• Explanatory Leaflet on Importing Naturally or Artificially Dwarfed ("Bonsai") Plants into Great Britain
• Explanatory Leaflet on the Issue of Licences for the Import, Movement and Keeping of Prohibited Plants, Plant Material, Plant Pests, Soil and Growing Medium
• List of Quarantine Pests and Diseases
• Plant Health Export Certification Services
• Policy and administrative decisions on plant health issues
• Seed Samplers
• Third Country Hemp Imports

Rural issues

• Communication methods to persuade agricultural land managers to adopt practices that will benefit environmental protection and conservation management
• Integrating Government Advice to Farmers and Land Managers
• Learning Skills and Knowledge Programme
• Regulatory Impact Assessment - Council of Europe Landscape Convention
• Review of recent developments in extension and advisory services
• Rural Development Service instructions on the Weeds Act

Science

• Defra R&D Applications for Research Projects and Concept Notes
• Defra R&D Projects - general information
• Historical data on MAFF and DETR science projects prior to the creation of Defra
• RASTS database (pre-published information on design of research projects and interim non-published research results)
• TSE Joint Funders Research and Development Co-ordination Group Bulletin Board

Sustainable development

• Bio-energy Infrastructure Scheme: operating manual
• Bio-energy Infrastructure Scheme: project manager's guide
• Energy Crops Scheme: operating manual
• Energy Crops Scheme: Project Manager's Guide
• Energy efficiency advice to the non-domestic public sector
• Exercise of functions by enforcement authorities under the Energy Information (Refrigerators and Freezers) Regulations 1994
• Exercise of functions by enforcement authorities under the Energy Information (Washing Machines) Regulations 1996 and the Energy Information (Tumble Driers) Regulations 1996
• Fuel Poverty Advisory Group
• Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (HECA) - external consultant's reports
• Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (HECA) - fifth progress report
• Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 (HECA) - progress reports
• Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (Warm Front Team)
• Implementation of the Energy Efficiency (Fluorescent Lighting Ballasts) Regulations 2001
• Listing of economic evaluation research projects
• Market Transformation Programme
• National Non-Food Crops Centre
• Survey of local authorities on their adoption of Local Agenda 21
• Total Material Resource Flows of the United Kingdom

Water

• Fire Liaison Group
• Grants for the Provision of Basic (Water and Sewerage) Services Industrial Development Act 1982: Section 13
• Guidance on the Provision of a Public Sewer under Section 101A of the Water Industry Act 1991
• Lowermoor/Camelford Water Pollution Incident
• Rats in Sewers Working Group

Wildlife & countryside

• Database of Zoos in England
• Organisations exempted under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960
• Organisations exempted under Section 269 of the Public Health Act 1936

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

• Amelia 1: Guidance Notes on Applications for Provisional Marketing Authorisations
• Amelia 2: An Introduction to the Marketing Authorisations for the Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulations 1994
• Amelia 3: Duties on Holders and Variation Procedures
• Amelia 4: Requirements for Labels and Package Inserts
• Amelia 5: Applications for Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products
• Amelia 6: Renewal of Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products
• Amelia 7: How Veterinary Medicines May Be Made Available in the UK
• Amelia 8: The Medicines (Restrictions on the Administration of Veterinary Medicinal Products) Regulations 1994
• Amelia 9: Marketing Authorisations for the Parallel Import of Veterinary Medicines
• Amelia 10: Special Treatment Authorisations
• Amelia 11: Ecotoxicity Testing of Medicines Intended for use in Fish Farming
• Amelia 12: Marketing Authorisations for Veterinary Medicinal Products (supplementary guidance on pharmacovigilance)
• Amelia 13: Animal Test Certificates
• Amelia 14: Guidance for Manufacturers, Importers and Suppliers
• Amelia 15: Appeals Procedure
• Amelia 16: Record Keeping Requirements: Guidance for Veterinarians and for Pharmacists Supplying Veterinary Medicinal Products by Retail Sale
• Code of Practice on the Responsible Use of Animal Medicines on the Farm
• Veterinary Medicines - Do You Need a Marketing Authorisation?
• Annual Report on Surveillance for Veterinary Residues in 2000
• VMD Service Charter - "Our Commitment to You"