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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Staff

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 21 November 2025UIN 88309

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been employed by (a) Natural England, (b) the Environment Agency, and (c) the Office for Environmental Protection in each year since 2005.

Answered by Mary Creagh

Information on the number of people employed in Government organisations including Natural England, the Environment Agency and the Office for Environmental Protection is published monthly on gov.uk as part of Government transparency commitments. Information can be accessed for 2017 through 2025 at the following web address:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defra-workforce-management-information

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