Environment Agency: Staff
(asked on 26th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff have been employed by the Environment Agency in each year since 2009.
The below table shows the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) in England only from 2009:
| a) Directly | b) Contracted Basis |
| ||
Year | Perm Employees | Fixed Term Contract Employees | Employment Agency Staff | Contractors | Total |
09/10 | 10,918 | 359 | 429 | 452 | 12,158 |
10/11 | 10,063 | 105 | 209 | 135 | 10,512 |
11/12 | 9,816 | 158 | 516 | 139 | 10,628 |
12/13 | 10,345 | 310 | 487 | 216 | 11,358 |
13/14 | 10,068 | 207 | 218 | 114 | 10,608 |
14/15 | 9,624 | 113 | 343 | 154 | 10,235 |
15/16 | 9,556 | 117 | 275 | 391 | 10,340 |
16/17 | 9,839 | 264 | 185 | 607 | 10,896 |
17/18 | 9,174 | 316 | 233 | 283 | 10,006 |
18/19 | 9,577 | 296 | 297 | 260 | 10,429 |
January 2020 | 9,918 | 359 | 219 | 256 | 10,752 |
The changes in the number of staff who work at the Environment Agency represent the Spending Review settlements and income received from charge payers. The response uses England only figures as pre 2013 the Environment Agency was made up of England and Wales. Following 2013 it is England only. In addition, 896 Full Time Equivalents transferred to Defra Corporate Services under a Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) arrangement in November 2017.