The UK Co-ordinating Body (UKCB) is "a unit located within core-Defra that supports Defra and the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland governments and their paying agencies to administer the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the UK in accordance with the UK’s Withdrawal Agreement with the EU".1UK Government. (2022). UK Co-ordinating Body. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-co-ordinating-body" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-co-ordinating-body</a> [accessed 10 May 2022] The framework documents also note that connections will be maintained between existing operational teams, such as the Paying Agency groups (i.e. the Rural Payments and Inspections Directorate for Scotland), and the Policy Collaboration Group "under the auspices of UKCB".