The OEP Board has agreed its Governance Framework, which sets out how it will work to high standards of corporate governance and how it will make its decisions. It adopted this Governance Framework in November 2021.

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The Interim OEP has responded to Defra’s consultation on amending the Civil Procedure Rules to allow for environmental review.

Report of complaints received by the Interim Environmental Governance Secretariat between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021.

The Interim Office for Environmental Protection existed between 1 July 2021 and 16 November 2021, when the OEP was legally created. Terms of Reference for the Interim OEP were agreed between its Chair, Dame Glenys Stacey, and senior officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The terms set out the how the Interim OEP was established as a shadow body, and the role it will played ahead of the OEP being legally established.

The Interim Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has provided advice on Defra's draft environmental principles policy statement, following a request from Environment Minister Rebecca Pow.

From 1 January 2021, the Interim Environmental Governance Secretariat (IEGS) has received complaints about suspected failures, by public authorities, to comply with environmental law.