Publication scheme
This publication scheme specifies the categories of information that DESNZ and its agencies regularly publish and explains how to get that information.
You can find specific documents for this department using the聽publication search.
If the information you want is not routinely published, you can聽make a request for it聽under the Freedom of Information Act.
You can also聽search through previous responses to Freedom of Information requests.
Who we are and what we do
This information covers our organisational details, structures, locations and contacts. This includes:
- our organisational structure, roles and responsibilities
- details of 辞耻谤听ministers鈥� meetings with external organisations
- details of聽senior staff鈥檚 meetings with external organisations
- details of聽special advisers鈥� meetings with external organisations
- information about the聽organisations the department is responsible for, works in partnership with, or sponsors
- our location and contact details
What we spend and how we spend it
This is where we publish financial information about projected and actual income, expenditure, procurement, contracts and financial audits. This includes:
- our annual accounts (to be published in 2024)
- spending for transactions over 拢25,000
- contracts and tenders worth over 拢10,000
- government procurement card spend over 拢500
- our ministers鈥� allowances and expenses
- our senior staff and board members鈥� allowances and expenses
What our priorities are and how we are doing
This information covers departmental strategies and plans, performance indicators, audits, inspections and reviews, including:
- our priorities
- our annual reports (to be published from 2024)
- our statistics
How we make decisions
This is where we publish details of our decision-making processes and records of our decisions. These include:
- the department鈥檚聽major policy proposals and decisions
- our research and analysis
- our public consultations
Our policies and procedures
This information covers our protocols, policies and procedures for providing services, and responsibilities, including:
- how we conduct departmental business
- our complaints procedure
- our records management and personal data policies
Lists and registers
This is where we publish details of the department鈥檚 public registers, asset registers and disclosure logs, including:
- 辞耻谤听public registers and registers held as public records
- the department鈥檚聽disclosure logs听濒颈蝉迟颈苍驳听FOI听谤别辩耻别蝉迟蝉
- the register of gifts for聽ministers听补苍诲听special advisers
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Data and datasets
Datasets published by聽DESNZ聽can be found on聽.