Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Arms Length Bodies
(asked on 26th March 2019) - 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 of his Department's arm's-length bodies have been seconded to his Department (a) since June 2016, (b) in the 12 months and (c) in the last month.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The information requested is contained in the table below.
Date | Total Number of Staff Seconded to Defra from the department’s ALBs | Those Seconded from the department’s ALBs to Defra, and remain on Secondment at Present |
a) June 2016 – All secondments from Defra’s ALBs from June 2016 to date. | 317 | 150 |
b) Last 12 Months – Those whose secondments started between March 2018 and February 2019. These are included in the number above. | 98 | 83 |
c) February 2019 – Those whose secondments started in February 2019. These are included in both figures above. | 3 | 3 |
The figures in the second column ‘Total Number of Staff Seconded to Defra from the department’s ALBs’ are the number of staff who started with Defra on secondment from an ALB within the times specified. It includes staff whose secondments have come to an end and have since returned to their home organisation.
The figures in the third column ‘Those Seconded from ALBs to Defra, and remain on Secondment at Present’ are the number of staff who are on secondment from an ALB, and continue to be on secondment to Defra. This number is counted in the total number of secondments.