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Defra's headcount and payroll data for May 2025
Updated 25 June 2025
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| Year | Month | Organisation name | Organisation type | Main parent or sponsoring department: | Payroll staff; AO/AA; Headcount | Payroll staff; AO/AA; Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff; EO; Headcount | Payroll staff; EO; Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff; SEO/HEO; Headcount | Payroll staff; SEO/HEO; Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff; Grade 6/7; Headcount | Payroll staff; Grade 6/7; Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff; SCS; Headcount | Payroll staff; SCS; Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff; Other unknown unspecified; Headcount | Payroll staff; Other unknown unspecified; Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff; Total; Headcount | Payroll staff; Total; Full-time equivalent | Non-payroll staff; Admin and Clerical; Headcount | Non-payroll staff; Admin and Clerical; Full-time equivalent | Non-payroll staff; Interim Managers & Specialist Contractors & Medical; Headcount | Non-payroll staff; Interim Managers & Specialist Contractors & Medical; Full-time equivalent | Non-payroll staff; Other Contingent labour; Headcount | Non-payroll staff; Other Contingent labour; Full-time equivalent | Non-payroll staff; Total Contingent labour; Headcount | Non-payroll staff; Total Contingent labour; Full-time equivalent | Non-payroll staff; Consultancy; Number of Contracts | Grand Total (workforce numbers); Headcount | Grand Total (workforce numbers); Full-time equivalent | Payroll staff costs; Salary | Payroll staff costs; Allowances | Payroll staff costs; Non-consolidated performance payments | Payroll staff costs; Overtime | Payroll staff costs; Employer pension contributions | Payroll staff costs; Employer national insurance contributions | Payroll staff costs; Total paybill | Non-Payroll staff costs; Contingent labour | Non-Payroll staff costs; Consultancy | Non-Payroll staff costs; Total staff costs | Grand Total paybill/staffing (payroll and non-payroll) costs |
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| 2025 | May | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | Ministerial Department | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 94 | 87.43 | 509 | 489.58 | 3454 | 3327.5 | 2512 | 2416.11 | 198 | 190.47 | 8 | 8 | 6,775 | 6,519 | 11 | 10.5 | 79 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 90 | 10 | 6,865 | 6,609 | £29,460,828.83 | £611,571.55 | £101,038.57 | £74,526.43 | £7,642,719.37 | £3,800,031.95 | £41,690,716.70 | £6,372,065.45 | £1,546,964.01 | £7,919,029.46 | £49,609,746.16 |
| 2025 | May | Animal and Plant Health Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 965 | 889.17 | 912 | 873.11 | 1210 | 1161.01 | 288 | 275.46 | 8 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 3,383 | 3,206 | 52 | 52 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 73 | 2 | 3,456 | 3,279 | £9,342,253.42 | £361,166.55 | £8,300.00 | £324,889.48 | £2,774,682.37 | £1,289,107.79 | £14,100,399.61 | £1,380,793.40 | Not set | £1,380,793.40 | £15,481,193.01 |
| 2025 | May | Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | Executive Agency | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 14 | 12.73 | 118 | 111.57 | 361 | 343.05 | 159 | 148.29 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 658 | 622 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 658 | 622 | £2,117,977.09 | £11,754.92 | £0.00 | £75,415.68 | £612,022.69 | £301,558.08 | £3,118,728.46 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £3,118,728.46 |
| 2025 | May | Rural Payments Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 1371 | 1232.43 | 652 | 603.62 | 666 | 627.53 | 179 | 172 | 8 | 7.81 | 0 | 0 | 2,876 | 2,643 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2,879 | 2,646 | £6,869,576.68 | £2,709.19 | £440.00 | £60,843.86 | £1,988,534.41 | £860,920.17 | £9,783,024.31 | £36,438.40 | £0.00 | £36,438.40 | £9,819,462.71 |
| 2025 | May | Veterinary Medicines Directorate | Executive Agency | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 24 | 23.21 | 28 | 27.21 | 70 | 68.94 | 67 | 66.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 188 | 14 | 13.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 205 | 201 | £720,026.81 | £20,620.04 | £0.00 | £9,716.34 | £215,430.33 | £110,440.73 | £1,076,234.25 | £64,745.64 | £845,007.80 | £909,753.44 | £1,985,987.69 |
| 2025 | May | Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 388 | 374.35 | 388 | 374 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 388 | 374 | £1,460,294.90 | £57,961.27 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £132,213.66 | £204,636.34 | £1,855,106.17 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,855,106.17 |
| 2025 | May | Consumer Council for Water | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 2 | 1.86 | 29 | 27.65 | 37 | 36.26 | 18 | 17.67 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 90 | £282,680.30 | £3,031.23 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £78,417.79 | £37,669.42 | £401,798.74 | £12,479.10 | £0.00 | £12,479.10 | £414,277.84 |
| 2025 | May | Environment Agency | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 1844 | 1756.21 | 3132 | 3004.53 | 4381 | 4158.59 | 3141 | 2986.52 | 131 | 129.28 | 783 | 762.5 | 13,412 | 12,798 | 114 | 109.33 | 420 | 365.72 | 0 | 0 | 534 | 475 | 0 | 13,946 | 13,273 | £43,263,870.11 | £448,295.70 | £0.00 | £1,281,175.19 | £6,487,245.07 | £5,882,403.35 | £57,362,989.42 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £57,362,989.42 |
| 2025 | May | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 7 | 6.1 | 19 | 19 | 224 | 216.03 | 44 | 41.23 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 298 | 286 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 301 | 289 | £923,474.55 | £16,987.45 | £0.00 | £8,894.15 | £267,303.43 | £122,927.00 | £1,339,586.58 | £16,756.00 | £10,649.40 | £27,405.40 | £1,366,991.98 |
| 2025 | May | Marine Management Organisation | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 21 | 18.99 | 145 | 142.86 | 261 | 253.75 | 83 | 81.11 | 5 | 4.76 | 8 | 8 | 523 | 509 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 526 | 512 | £1,588,323.69 | £35,266.50 | £0.00 | £44,304.98 | £480,535.79 | £219,193.70 | £2,367,624.66 | £20,416.81 | Not set | £20,416.81 | £2,388,041.47 |
| 2025 | May | National Forest Company | Other | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4.39 | 28 | 25.43 | 10 | 9.65 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 41 | £157,076.30 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £144.58 | £42,655.70 | £20,768.34 | £220,644.92 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £220,644.92 |
| 2025 | May | Natural England | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 58 | 50.8 | 351 | 328.35 | 2208 | 2049.16 | 408 | 386.43 | 28 | 27.25 | 5 | 4.65 | 3,058 | 2,847 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | Not set | 3,074 | 2,863 | £8,909,413.44 | £63,522.10 | £0.00 | £21,323.37 | £2,687,968.77 | £1,153,025.43 | £12,835,253.11 | £152,600.00 | Not set | £152,600.00 | £12,987,853.11 |
| 2025 | May | Royal Botanic Gardens Kew | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 342 | 237.22 | 307 | 254.54 | 401 | 378.64 | 107 | 104.2 | 16 | 16 | 82 | 81.03 | 1,255 | 1,072 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1,270 | 1,087 | £3,698,699.79 | £21,637.63 | £0.00 | £86,899.46 | £608,364.27 | £496,831.20 | £4,912,432.35 | £158,926.12 | £0.00 | £158,926.12 | £5,071,358.47 |
| 2025 | May | Sea Fish Industry Authority | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 32 | 30.57 | 34 | 33.6 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 93 | £350,117.78 | £7,347.68 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £32,822.01 | £43,320.87 | £433,608.34 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £433,608.34 |
| 2025 | May | Office for Environmental Protection | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.86 | 33 | 30.16 | 48 | 46.04 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 84 | £363,181.74 | £0.00 | £14,800.00 | £0.00 | £104,551.80 | £53,006.33 | £535,539.87 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £535,539.87 |
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