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Written question asked by Lord Hylton (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 June 2006.


Defra: Staff

Question
How many persons are employed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and how many are currently tasked on each of the following areas of policy and administration: (a) British agriculture; (b) British forestry; (c) other United Kingdom matters; (d) European Union policy and relations; and (e) issues arising from the rest of the world.
Answer

Information on the number of staff employed by all government departments is published in Civil Service Statistics, which is available in the Library and at the following address on the Cabinet Office statistics website at   www.civilservice.gov.uk/management/statistics/index.asp. Staff numbers broken down into the areas of policy and administration requested are not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
6059; 683 c70WA
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Agriculture Civil servants Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Forestry Staff
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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