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 in ministerial offices in her Department were appointed from (a) the Civil Service and (b) other bodies (i) between May 2005 and May 2010 and (ii) since May 2010.

The information requested is not available as staff working in ministerial offices are not separately identifiable on Defra’s HR IT system across the periods of time covered by the question.