Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vacancies there are for Plant Health Inspectors at (a) Heathrow and (b) Manchester airports.
We are unable to provide data from 2010 as records only go back to 2014 with the formation of the Animal & Plant Health Agency.
Manchester Airport
Date/Year | Plant Health Inspectors |
2014 | 2 |
2015 | 2 |
2016 | 2 |
2017 | 3 |
2018 | 6 |
Heathrow Airport
Date/Year | Plant Health Inspectors |
2014 | 22 |
2015 | 24 |
2016 | 22 |
2017 | 24 |
2018 | 22 |
There are currently no vacancies in the Plant Health and Seeds team based at Manchester airport. There are currently 5 vacancies in the equivalent team based at Heathrow. A recruitment process to fill the vacancies is currently being undertaken.