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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 70 of the Environment Agency's Annual Report and Accounts 2015/6, if she will provide a breakdown of the £50.2m spent by the Environment Agency in Hired and Contracted Services in 2015/6.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 70 of the Environment Agency's Annual Report and Accounts 2015/6, if she will provide a breakdown of the £50.2m spent by the Environment Agency in Hired and Contracted Services in 2015/6.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 102 of the Environment Agency's Annual Report and Accounts 2025/6, if she will provide a breakdown of the £218.4m spent by the Environment Agency in Hired and Contracted Services in 2025/6.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 102 of the Environment Agency's Annual Report and Accounts 2025/6, if she will provide a breakdown of the £218.4m spent by the Environment Agency in Hired and Contracted Services in 2025/6.
Breakdown of the £218.4m spent by the Environment Agency in Hired and Contracted Services in 2025/6:
Category | Amount (£m) |
Contracted services (including maintenance and construction contracts) | 112.44 |
Technical consultancy services (including IT consultancy) | 53.74 |
Other professional consultancy services (including audit services and professional fees) | 24.34 |
General Consultancy services | 24.32 |
Consultancy for legal services (including counsellor/ solicitor fees and court costs) | 2.51 |
Consultancy agents fees (including navigation and fisheries consultancy agent fees) | 1.05 |
Total | 218.40 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the (a) number of staff and (b) and operating expenditure have increased at the Environment Agency since April 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the (a) number of staff and (b) and operating expenditure have increased at the Environment Agency since April 2017.
The increase in both staffing levels and operating expenditure at the Environment Agency since April 2017 reflects the expansion of its responsibilities, operational activity, and its role in supporting the Government’s growth agenda. Staff numbers have grown to support increased flood and coastal erosion risk management, strengthened environmental regulation and enforcement, and delivery of additional functions following EU Exit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual budget was for (a) Natural England, (b) the Environment Agency, and (c) the Office for Environmental Protection in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the annual budget was for (a) Natural England, (b) the Environment Agency, and (c) the Office for Environmental Protection in each year since 2005.
The annual budget figures for Natural England, the Environment Agency, and the Office for Environmental Protection in each year since 2005 can be found as follows.
Natural England’s actual spend data can be found in their Annual Report and Accounts, which are published here: Natural England annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK.
Environment Agency’s actual spend data can be found in their Annual Report and Accounts, which are published here: Environment Agency annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK.
The Office for Environmental Protection’s actual spend data can be found in their Annual Report and Accounts, which are published here: Our reports and publications | Office for Environmental Protection.
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.
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.
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
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in the (a) Environment Agency and (b) Rural Payments Agency have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in the (a) Environment Agency and (b) Rural Payments Agency have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.
This information is not held centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in the (a) the Environment Agency and (b) Rural Payments Agency have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in the (a) the Environment Agency and (b) Rural Payments Agency have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.
There are 8.8 full-time equivalent staff in the Environment Agency who work for a team with the title EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion). None of their job titles individually refer to equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race.
As of 27 February, the Rural Payments Agency has no staff with job titles which include the words equality, diversity, inclusion, gender, LGBT or race.
The Government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all activities that support the EDI of the workforce, through the review of EDI spending announced last June. As stated in the Autumn Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister for the Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course.