Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Area 7c, Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
Telephone 08459 33 55 77
Website www.defra.gov.uk
Our ref RFI 3334
Ms Lisa Evans
Date 20 May 2010
Email: Whatdotheyknow.com
Dear Ms Evans
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: For a full list of Defra’s Strategic objectives (including
codes and descriptions).
Thank you for your request for information requesting a full list of our strategic objectives,
which we received on 10 May 2010. This request was dealt with under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
I enclose a copy of the most recent Departmental Report which includes the information
you have requested. In light of the recent change in Government, our Strategic Objectives
may alter in the coming weeks and / or months. This information is also available on our
Departmental website
(www.defra.gov.uk) and would therefore recommend it as future
reference point for you to monitor future changes.
The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your own purposes, including any non-
commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting. Any other re-
use, for example commercial publication, would require the permission of the copyright
holder. Most documents supplied by Defra will have been produced by government
officials and will be Crown Copyright. You can find details on the arrangements for re-
using Crown copyright on OPSI (Office of Public Sector Information) at:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/index.htm
Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright continues to be protected
by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. You
must ensure that you gain their permission before reproducing any third party (non Crown
Copyright) information.
In keeping with the spirit and effect of the FOIA, all information is assumed to be
releasable to the public unless exempt. The information you requested may now be
published on our website together with any related information that will provide a key to its
wider context.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. I also attach an annexe giving
contact details should you be unhappy with the service you have received.
Yours sincerely
Robert Jones
Corporate Communications
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Annexe A
Complaints
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request you may
make a complaint or appeal against our decision within 40 working days of the date of this
letter. Please write to Clive Porro, Head of Defra’s Information Rights Team at, Area1B
Ergon House, Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AL, (email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx) who will arrange for an internal review of your case.
Details of Defra’s complaints procedure can be found at:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/complain/info.htm
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Please note that generally the
Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have first exhausted
Defra’s own complaints procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
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