Media Enquiries

The following contacts are for genuine media/press calls only.

For all other matters please call the Defra Helpline: 08459 33 55 77 or contact us by email at helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk

For all general media enquiries associated with news items on this website please call Tony McDougal at the Defra Press Office on 020 7238 6054 or 07766133788. For enquiries relating to the regions please contact the appropriate person listed here:

North West (lead office), North East, Yorkshire & the Humber, East, East Midlands, West Midlands, South East, London, South West

North West (lead office)

Jeff Garner
jeff.garner@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0161 952 4502

Paul Smith
paul.smith@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0161 952 4505

North East

Karen Bell
karen.bell@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0191 202 3603

Jane Farr
jane.farr@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0191 202 3610

Elfrieda Waren
elfrieda.waren@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0191 202 3607

Yorkshire & the Humber

Alison Jarman
alison.jarman@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0113 283 6591

Eva Peros
eva.peros@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0113 283 6592

Sheila Perry
sheila.perry@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0113 283 6596

East

Jenny Thompson
jenny.thompson@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
01223 372789 (Mon - Thurs)

Liz Trott
liz.trott@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
01223 372787 (Wed – Fri)

Timma McKean
timma.mckean@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
01223 372798

East Midlands

Dee Smith
dee.smith@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0115 971 2788 (Mon-Wed)

Alice Oliver
alice.oliver@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0115 971 2784

Elizabeth Leonard
elizabeth.leonard@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0115 971 2782

West Midlands

Ray Prichard
Ray.prichard@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0121 352 5508

Andy Myatt
Andy.myatt@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0121 352 5507

South East

Ed Hawkesworth
ed.hawkesworth@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
01483 882 879

Katy Taylor
katy.taylor@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
01483 884 819

London

Suzanne Halls
suzanne.halls@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
020 7261 8327

Christine Phillips
christine.phillips@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
020 7261 8326

South West

Theo Wood
theo.wood@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0117 900 3558

Joanne Page
joanne.page@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
0117 900 3564 (Tues-Thurs)

Wailim Wong (Plymouth)
wailim.wong@gnn.gsi.gov.uk
01752 635053