The British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) is part of the Rural Payments Agency (RPA). RPA is an Executive Agency of the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
The service is based in Workington, Cumbria and was established to manage the Cattle Tracing System (CTS). BCMS became fully operational on 28 September 1998 and merged with RPA on 1 April 2003.
BCMS is the specialised cattle tracing organisation for Great Britain. Its functions are to:
- maintain a register of births, deaths and imports of cattle to be used for animal health and subsidy control purposes;
- issue cattle passports;
- record where individual cattle are;
- operate a dedicated Helpline and provide online facilities for delivering its services.
Customers who are not registered with CTS Online can contact BCMS:
Monday to Friday - 8am to 5.30pm
Saturday - 9am to 1pm (limited service)
Sunday - Closed
Telephone: 0845 050 1234 (General), 0845 050 3456 (Welsh language)
Fax: 01900 702 124
e-mail bcms-enquiries@bcms.rpa.gsi.gov.uk
CTS self service line - 0845 011 1212
24 hours a day - 7 days a week, and can be used to register cattle births, deaths and movements (as long as the animal has a UK numeric eartag).
| CTS Online |
 | CTS Online is working as normal |
| CTS Web Services |
 | CTS Web Service is working as normal. |
 | Please note that CTS Web Services is unavailable between 7 pm and 8 pm each evening for back ups to take place. |
| CTS Self Service Line |
 | CTS Self Service Line is working as normal. |
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