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1126852

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by his Department in (a) May 2017 and (b) May 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	254722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Please find the answer to this question below. The information is taken as at the last working day of each month.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>2,245</p></td><td><p>2,159.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>3,769</p></td><td><p>3,606.33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All information relating to headcount and FTE figures for Core Defra and ALBs is published monthly in the Monthly Workforce Management Information report. Please see the link below for more information:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/9fb1ed1f-00c9-421b-ab18-c30c14559681/workforce-management-information-defra" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/9fb1ed1f-00c9-421b-ab18-c30c14559681/workforce-management-information-defra</a></p><p> </p><p>The answer covers permanent (payroll staff) for the department only. The response excludes contingent labour (Agency Staff/Consultants/Contractors/Interim Managers).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/05/2019 16:50:10 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1079399

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff have been employed by his Department in each month since June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	227158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The information relating to staff numbers can be found in the Monthly Workforce Management Information Reports here: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/9fb1ed1f-00c9-421b-ab18-c30c14559681/workforce-management-information-defra" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/9fb1ed1f-00c9-421b-ab18-c30c14559681/workforce-management-information-defra</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/03/2019 16:53:35 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1029343

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	204541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>The total number of staff employed by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 31 May 2016, 30 June 2016 and 30 November 2018 are shown below;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month/Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 May 2016</p></td><td><p>1,693</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 June 2016</p></td><td><p>1,693</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 November 2018</p></td><td><p>4,168</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Staff in Post Data is only run as at the end of each month in order to provide information for published statutory returns. The data provided is in line with the figures published at <a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce-management-information-defra" target="_blank">Data.gov.uk - https://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce-management-information-defra</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Along with other public sector employers, the department provides data to the Office of National statistics for the “Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey”. The most recent publication was 11 December showing data as at the end of September 2018 and can be found here - <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/september2018" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/september2018</a> .</p><p> </p><p>ONS data for earlier reference dates can be found here – <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/previousReleases" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/previousReleases</a></p><p> </p><p>The Staff in Post data has to go through a lengthy resource intensive verification process to eliminate a high proportion of errors. To provide data as at 20 December would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 11/01/2019 13:00:36 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1020336

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by (a) his Department, (b) the Environment Agency, (c) the Food Standards Agency and (d) the Animal and Health Plant Agency in (i) April 2010, (ii) April 2015, (iii) April 2016, (iv) April 2017, (v) April 2018 and (vi) October 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	199275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The full-time equivalent staff for Defra and agencies are shown in the table below;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Core Defra </strong></p></td><td><p>2,558</p></td><td><p>2,004</p></td><td><p>1,635</p></td><td><p>2,107</p></td><td><p>3,539</p></td><td><p>3,979</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AH</strong></p></td><td><p>1,603</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>VLA </strong></p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>APHA</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>2,183</p></td><td><p>2,173</p></td><td><p>2,111</p></td><td><p>2,095</p></td><td><p>2,098</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>EA</strong></p></td><td><p>12,282</p></td><td><p>9,697</p></td><td><p>9,606</p></td><td><p>10,109</p></td><td><p>9,500</p></td><td><p>9,726</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The agency APHA was launched on 1 October 2014. It merges the former Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) with parts of the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) responsible for plant and bee health to create a single agency responsible for animal, plant and bee health.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Health and Social Care are responsible for the Food Standards Agency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/12/2018 15:24:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1010267

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people were employed by his Department on 19 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	192873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of staff employed by the department as at 31 October 2018 was 4146. This will be consistent with data due to be published by 7 December 2018 at <a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/workforce-management-information-defra" target="_blank">Data.Gov.UK - Dataset Workforce Management Information Defra</a>, in line with Cabinet Office arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide this data as at 19 November 2018 without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 26/11/2018 19:00:02 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

984941

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what change there has been in staffing levels in his Department since June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	177730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The changes in staffing levels for Defra between 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2018 are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>Change</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>1700</p></td><td><p>3,810</p></td><td><p>+2,110</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Office of National Statistics – Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey (June 2016 and June 2018)</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/10/2018 13:09:41 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

972397

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff (a) are employed directly by (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract to his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
	tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
	uin	174119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2018 answer text <p>The breakdown of staff in the department as at 31 July 2018 is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Assignment Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a</p></td><td><p><strong>Directly Employed </strong> (inc staff on Outward Secondment / Loan and Maternity / Special Leave)</p></td><td><p>3711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b</p></td><td><p><strong>Inward Secondment / Loan</strong></p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c</p></td><td><p><strong>Contingent Workers </strong> (Temporary Agency Workers, Consultants, Contractors and Interim Staff)</p></td><td><p>483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4349</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/10/2018 10:32:48 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

968209

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed by his Department in (a) London and (b) each regions of England.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	170841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The breakdown of staff employed by the Department by Full-time Equivalent (FTE) as at 31 August 2018 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full-time Equivalent</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>1733.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>275.86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>133.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>39.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>438.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>103.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>187.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>611.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home based Staff</p></td><td><p>47.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff employed in Wales and Scotland</p></td><td><p>10.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3773.46</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We have included home-based staff and those staff employed outside of England in order to give a full picture of the total FTE in the Department.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2018 15:05:24 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

909061

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff have been employed by his Department in each month since June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	146208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of permanent payroll staff employed by month in the department since June 2016 is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>1693</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>1705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>1720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>1726</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>1719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>1759</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>1808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>1820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>1907</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>1950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>2188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>2245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>2301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>2340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>2442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>2437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>2523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>3504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017</p></td><td><p>3535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>3557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>3613</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>3660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>3697</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The increase in headcount is predominantly a result of consolidating Defra’s corporate services into the core department from across the Defra group and the recruitment of additional staff to support our comprehensive EU exit programme of work.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 24/05/2018 16:13:39 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

828662

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of his Department's officials are working on the monitoring and the delivery of the 25 Year Plan for the Environment.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	124320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The 25 Year Environment Plan has a very wide remit which covers all of the Department’s work. There are a significant number of officials working to monitor and deliver the Plan across the Department. It is therefore not possible to estimate the number of officials.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 29/01/2018 18:01:45 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham