HC Deb 22 June 2004 vol 422 cc1289-90W
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-enabling 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 Products 123.10 4,365
Fisheries 196.67 3,400
Land Management and Rural Development 161.58 5,250
Wildlife, Countryside, Land Use and Better Regulation 195.33 7,876
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

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