Transparency data
Defra's headcount and payroll data for August 2024
Updated 7 February 2025
| Year | Month | Organisation name | Organisation type | Main parent or sponsoring department: | Payroll staff; AO/AA; Headcount | Payroll staff; AO/AA; Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff; EO; Headcount | Payroll staff; EO; Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff; SEO/HEO; Headcount | Payroll staff; SEO/HEO; Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff; Grade 6/7; Headcount | Payroll staff; Grade 6/7; Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff; SCS; Headcount | Payroll staff; SCS; Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff; Other unknown unspecified; Headcount | Payroll staff; Other unknown unspecified; Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff; Total; Headcount | Payroll staff; Total; Full-time equivalent | Non-payroll staff; Admin and Clerical; Headcount | Non-payroll staff; Admin and Clerical; Full-time equivalent | Non-payroll staff; Interim Managers & Specialist Contractors & Medical; Headcount | Non-payroll staff; Interim Managers & Specialist Contractors & Medical; Full-time equivalent | Non-payroll staff; Other Contingent labour; Headcount | Non-payroll staff; Other Contingent labour; Full-time equivalent | Non-payroll staff; Total Contingent labour; Headcount | Non-payroll staff; Total Contingent labour; Full-time equivalent | Non-payroll staff; Consultancy; Number of Contracts | Grand Total (workforce numbers); Headcount | Grand Total (workforce numbers); Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff costs; Salary | Payroll staff costs; Allowances | Payroll staff costs; Non-consolidated performance payments | Payroll staff costs; Overtime | Payroll staff costs; Employer pension contributions | Payroll staff costs; Employer national insurance contributions | Payroll staff costs; Total paybill | Non-Payroll staff costs; Contingent labour | Non-Payroll staff costs; Consultancy | Non-Payroll staff costs; Total staff costs | Grand Total paybill/staffing (payroll and non-payroll) costs |
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| 2024 | August | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | Ministerial Department | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 106 | 99.58 | 572 | 552.36 | 3668 | 3538.34 | 2548 | 2461.1 | 196 | 189.08 | 10 | 10 | 7,100 | 6,850 | 43 | 43 | 383 | 382.4 | 0 | 0 | 426 | 425 | 24 | 7,526 | 7,276 | 拢31,780,190.38 | 拢419,404.51 | 拢211,785.04 | 拢116,728.59 | 拢7,592,252.47 | 拢3,127,353.45 | 拢43,247,714.44 | 拢6,570,913.73 | 拢2,801,414.39 | 拢9,372,328.12 | 拢52,620,042.56 |
| 2024 | August | Animal and Plant Health Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 961 | 886.18 | 873 | 835.64 | 1148 | 1101.98 | 274 | 262.84 | 5 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 3,261 | 3,091 | 110 | 110 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 149 | 3 | 3,410 | 3,240 | 拢8,556,863.65 | 拢312,008.18 | 拢6,700.00 | 拢139,755.89 | 拢2,515,612.37 | 拢898,445.05 | 拢12,429,385.14 | 拢1,942,385.41 | 拢345,015.00 | 拢2,287,400.41 | 拢14,716,785.55 |
| 2024 | August | Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | Executive Agency | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 11 | 9.92 | 132 | 124.9 | 351 | 331.56 | 154 | 145.87 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 654 | 618 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 654 | 618 | 拢2,123,295.99 | 拢18,417.37 | 拢0.00 | 拢51,417.56 | 拢603,246.83 | 拢248,098.93 | 拢3,044,476.68 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢3,044,476.68 |
| 2024 | August | Rural Payments Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 1423 | 1281.83 | 719 | 670.02 | 628 | 592.24 | 170 | 163.92 | 8 | 7.81 | 0 | 0 | 2,948 | 2,716 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2,953 | 2,721 | 拢6,694,245.33 | 拢3,468.43 | 拢1,000.00 | 拢91,330.08 | 拢1,910,710.05 | 拢625,851.32 | 拢9,326,605.21 | 拢46,553.10 | 拢0.00 | 拢46,553.10 | 拢9,373,158.31 |
| 2024 | August | Veterinary Medicines Directorate | Executive Agency | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 21 | 20.21 | 27 | 26.1 | 64 | 63.13 | 63 | 62.22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 174 | 18 | 17.55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 195 | 191 | 拢666,681.65 | 拢11,915.81 | 拢0.00 | 拢11,854.92 | 拢197,573.01 | 拢88,248.52 | 拢976,273.91 | 拢79,791.72 | 拢125,385.01 | 拢205,176.73 | 拢1,181,450.64 |
| 2024 | August | Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 370 | 353.83 | 370 | 354 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 370 | 354 | 拢1,311,432.81 | 拢58,799.83 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢119,041.75 | 拢151,990.53 | 拢1,641,264.92 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢1,641,264.92 |
| 2024 | August | Consumer Council for Water | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 2 | 1.86 | 25 | 23.3 | 37 | 35.84 | 19 | 18.67 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 84 | 拢271,624.19 | 拢1,929.82 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢75,411.64 | 拢28,996.08 | 拢377,961.73 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢377,961.73 |
| 2024 | August | Environment Agency | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 2006 | 1912.03 | 3072 | 2950.35 | 4302 | 4083.22 | 3044 | 2901.47 | 122 | 120.57 | 818 | 798.48 | 13,364 | 12,766 | 133 | 126.65 | 519 | 451.31 | 0 | 0 | 652 | 578 | 5 | 14,016 | 13,344 | 拢40,864,605.32 | 拢407,274.41 | 拢864.00 | 拢1,109,620.13 | 拢6,089,489.54 | 拢4,440,017.56 | 拢52,911,870.96 | Not set | 拢150,013.00 | 拢150,013.00 | 拢53,061,883.96 |
| 2024 | August | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 8 | 7.1 | 25 | 24.06 | 231 | 221.96 | 42 | 39.33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 310 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 312 | 298 | 拢913,611.09 | 拢19,887.41 | 拢1,000.00 | 拢11,237.11 | 拢264,726.86 | 拢96,486.94 | 拢1,306,949.41 | 拢6,758.87 | 拢0.00 | 拢6,758.87 | 拢1,313,708.28 |
| 2024 | August | Marine Management Organisation | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 23 | 20.49 | 158 | 154.6 | 274 | 265.33 | 98 | 95.03 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 566 | 549 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 571 | 554 | 拢1,624,229.15 | 拢22,624.17 | 拢0.00 | 拢40,320.00 | 拢476,623.96 | 拢189,578.41 | 拢2,353,375.69 | 拢25,478.27 | 拢0.00 | 拢25,478.27 | 拢2,378,853.96 |
| 2024 | August | National Forest Company | Other | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3.39 | 29 | 26.93 | 9 | 7.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 41 | 拢143,652.77 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢1,076.25 | 拢39,479.61 | 拢15,165.64 | 拢199,374.27 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢199,374.27 |
| 2024 | August | Natural England | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 60 | 53.68 | 395 | 368.97 | 2306 | 2150.92 | 389 | 368.18 | 28 | 27.25 | 8 | 7.65 | 3,186 | 2,977 | 5 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3,191 | 2,981 | 拢8,774,622.92 | 拢71,998.66 | 拢2,400.00 | 拢10,573.17 | 拢2,545,946.16 | 拢885,091.59 | 拢12,290,632.50 | 拢70,000.00 | 拢9,477.00 | 拢79,477.00 | 拢12,370,109.50 |
| 2024 | August | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 372 | 261.97 | 309 | 257.1 | 360 | 340.64 | 101 | 97.89 | 16 | 16 | 68 | 66.64 | 1,226 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1,246 | 1,060 | 拢3,411,681.07 | 拢26,084.61 | 拢0.00 | 拢32,298.69 | 拢574,579.84 | 拢359,728.32 | 拢4,404,372.53 | 拢290,991.93 | 拢0.00 | 拢290,991.93 | 拢4,695,364.46 |
| 2024 | August | Sea Fish Industry Authority | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 34 | 32.56 | 37 | 36.6 | 23 | 22.61 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 97 | 拢335,289.21 | 拢7,270.81 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢30,382.19 | 拢33,985.41 | 拢406,927.62 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢406,927.62 |
| 2024 | August | Office for Environmental Protection | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 26.22 | 43 | 41.98 | 4 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 77 | 75 | 拢326,432.95 | 拢0.00 | 拢13,950.00 | 拢0.00 | 拢91,637.60 | 拢39,045.44 | 拢471,065.99 | 拢0.00 | 拢74,991.05 | 拢74,991.05 | 拢546,057.04 |
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