New Cross Compliance Guidance December 5, 2014 12:00 am DEFRA has published new Cross-compliance Guidance for the 2015 BPS Scheme Year. This can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-compliance-guidance-for-2015. Also available is guidance on Soil Protection standards and other supporting information. Copies of the booklet will be posted to English farmers over the next couple of weeks.