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Written Question
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Conditions of Employment
Tuesday 25th April 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of staff employed by her Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.

Answered by George Eustice

As at 31 March 2017 the proportion of staff employed in the department is shown below:

Headcount

%

Full-Time permanent staff

1587

76.6%

Part-Time permanent staff

265

12.8%

Fixed / Short Term appointments employed for less than two years

98

4.7%

Agency Basis staff

121

5.8%

Zero-Hours

0

0.0%

Total

2071

It is not Defra Policy to employ staff on “Zero-Hours” contracts.

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