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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Letwin: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) staffing and (b) staff costs for her core Department, excluding executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies are for 2004-05, in respect of (i) the environment protection strategy, (ii) environment quality and waste, (iii) climate, energy and environmental risk, (iv) water, (v) European Union and international policy, (vi) economics and statistics, (vii) food industry and crops, (viii) sustainable agriculture and livestock products, (ix) fisheries, (x) land management and rural development, (xi) the rural delivery review, (xii) wildlife, countryside, land use and better regulation, (xiii) Haskins policy implementation, (xiv) rural policy, (xv) Government Offices of the Regions, (xvi) veterinary, (xvii) Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy and zoonoses, (xviii) animal health and welfare planning, (xix) animal health, (xx) policy and corporate strategy, (xxi) finance, planning and resources, (xxii) delivery strategy, (xxiii) the State Veterinary Service, (xxiv) e-Business, (xxv) e-nabling DEFRA programme, (xxvi) communications, (xxvii) corporate services, (xxviii) the Rural Development Service, (xxix) the Science Directorate, (xxx) Legal Directorate A and (xxxi) Legal Directorate B. [176406] Alun Michael: The following table shows the number of staff in full-time equivalents as at 1 April 2004 and the expected staff costs for 2004-05 for each current Defra directorate. This list differs slightly from the information requested due to recent organisational changes in the Department. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Directorate Staff numbers (FTE) Staff costs (£ 000) Environmental Protection Strategy 134.80 6,734 Environment Quality and Waste 126.25 6,961 Climate, Energy and Environmental Risk 142.60 6,615 Water 196.37 8,346 EU and International Policy 45.00 2,078 Economics and Statistics 165.51 6,365 Food Industry and Crops 344.39 11,964 Sustainable Agriculture and Livestock 123.10 4,365 Products Fisheries 196.67 3,400 Land Management and Rural Development 161.58 5,250 Wildlife, Countryside, Land Use and Better 195.33 7,876 Regulation Rural Economies and Communities 61.72 4,002 Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer 320.36 11,387 TSE and Zoonoses Directorate 115.25 4,385 Animal Health and Welfare DG 62.24 1,480 Animal Health 178.54 5,706 Policy and Corporate Strategy Unit 79.63 1,528 Finance, Planning and Resources 256.88 9,649 State Veterinary Service 1,218.73 41,155 e-Business Directorate 292.01 15,096 Communications 86.80 3,716 Corporate Services and Secretariat 596.15 18,815 Rural Development Service 1,372.50 40,189 Science 54.53 2,613 Legal Services 157.64 8,600 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

176406; 422 c1289-90W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Animal welfare Agriculture Costs Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Finance Environment Legal opinion Livestock Staff Rural areas Science State Veterinary Service Rural Development Service EU environmental policy

Contains statistics

Yes

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