Search results for 'Food and farming'

Showing 1 - 20 of 73 results

1. Resilience of the UK food supply chain to disruptions 

   Work in progress

   Summer 2026

   This study will examine whether Defra is taking effective action to ensure the UK food supply chain is resilient to shocks and disruptions.

2. The Farming and Countryside Programme

   Report Value for money

   23 Jul 2024

   The Farming and Countryside Programme aims to reform English farming. The stakes are high for food production, farm viability and the environment.

3. Resilience to animal diseases

   Report Value for money

   4 Jun 2025

   Key public bodies are insufficiently prepared for a major animal disease outbreak and would likely struggle to cope with one, the NAO finds.

4. Departmental Overview: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2019-20

   Overview Departmental overview

   19 Feb 2021

   A summary of Defra’s spending in 2019-20, its major areas of activity and performance, and the challenges it is likely to face in the coming year, based on the insights from our financial audit and value for money work.

5. The Environmental Land Management scheme

   Report Value for money

   15 Sep 2021

   This report examines the strategic management of the Environmental Land Management scheme.

6. Departmental Overview: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2019

   Overview Departmental overview

   25 Mar 2020

   The NAO is publishing a suite of Departmental Overviews, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons Select Committees and Members of Parliament.

7. Departmental Overview: Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs

   Overview Departmental overview

   12 Feb 2019

   This Overview summarises the Department’s responsibilities on how it spends its money and its key developments of work.

8. Early review of the new farming programme

   Report Value for money

   5 Jun 2019

   This report examines Defra’s approach to developing the Future Farming and Countryside Programme.

9. Ensuring food safety and standards

   Report Value for money

   12 Jun 2019

   This report examines the effectiveness of regulations to ensure that food is safe and is what it says it is.

10. A Short Guide to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    Overview Short guide

    12 Oct 2017

    The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides for the new Parliament, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons select committees and members of Parliament.

11. Government’s role in ensuring food security

    Briefing

    24 Nov 2022

    This briefing is designed to support the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s (the Committee’s) inquiry into food security.

12. Contingency preparations for exiting the EU with no deal

    Report Value for money

    12 Mar 2019

    This briefing describes the Civil Contingencies Secretariat’s contingency preparations for the UK exiting the EU without a deal.

13. The UK border: preparedness for EU exit update

    Report Value for money

    27 Feb 2019

    This memorandum supports the Public Accounts Committee’s examination of the government’s preparedness for ‘no deal’

14. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Progress in Implementing EU Exit

    Report Value for money

    12 Sep 2018

    This is our second report on the progress Defra has made in preparing for EU Exit.

15. Briefing for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee: Climate change adaptation

    Briefing

    11 Feb 2022

     This is a briefing for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee.

16. Implementing the UK’s Exit from the European Union: The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

    Report Value for money

    20 Dec 2017

    The report focuses on how the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is preparing to exit from the EU. It is part of a series of NAO briefings on the key bodies in the centre of government and the major spending departments that have to deliver Exit programmes.

    20 December 2017

17. Internal Drainage Boards

    Report Value for money

    21 Mar 2017

    Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) are local independent public bodies responsible for managing water levels in low-lying areas where there is a special drainage need and contributing to flood risk management. IDBs cover nearly 10% of England’s land area and spent more than £61m last year. The report focuses on governance and oversight arrangements; processes for raising concerns; and, the potential for conflicts of interest.

18. Departmental Overview 2015-16: Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs

    Overview Departmental overview

    19 Oct 2016

    This Departmental Overview looks at Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and summarises its performance during the year ended March 2016, together with our recent reports on it.

19. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Rural Payments Agency Accounts 2015-16

    Report Financial audit

    15 Jul 2016

    Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), has qualified his opinion on the 2015-16 accounts of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

20. A Short Guide to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

    Overview Short guide

    29 Sep 2015

    The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides, one for each government department, to assist House of Commons Select Committees.