UK-EU SPS Agreement - Call for Information

Using and sharing your information

The findings from this Call for Information will be published on the government website at: http://www.gov.uk/defra. A summary will also list organisations that responded but will not include personal names, addresses or other contact details. 

Defra may also share the information you provide, including any personal data, with other government departments and external analysts who are working with us under contract to analyse and summarise the information. We may use artificial intelligence software to support our analysis process. If you choose to make your response confidential then all data used for our analysis will be fully anonymised. 

Defra is the data controller in respect of any personal data that you provide and Defra’s Personal Information Charter gives details of your rights in respect of the handling of personal data. 

How we use your personal data is set out in the privacy notice for this call for information exercise which can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-consultations-and-call-for-evidence-exercises-privacy-notice

Other Information

Defra is committed to promoting equality in compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty, under the Equality Act 2010. There is an opportunity to provide feedback at the end of this questionnaire.

Responding to the Call for Information

Please respond to this Call for Information in the following ways:

• By using the online survey below. 
• If you are unable to answer the questions online, you can download the Call for Information documents and return your response via email to: SPSCFI@defra.gov.uk 
• Alternatively, you can post your response to: 
• European Union Delivery Programme, Third Floor, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF.

Confidentiality

If you click on ‘Yes’ in response to the question below asking if you would like anything in your response to be kept confidential, you are asked to state clearly what information you would like to be kept as confidential and why. The reason for this is that responses to this Call for Information may be subject to release to the public or other parties in accordance with the access to information law (these are primarily the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIRs), the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA). Explanation of your reasons for requesting confidentiality for all or part of your response would help us determine information requests.

If you click on ‘No’ in response to the question below asking if you would like anything in your response to be kept confidential, we will be able to release the content of your response to the public, but we will not make your personal name and private contact details publicly available.