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Defra's headcount and payroll data for September 2025
Updated 23 October 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 | September | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Ministerial Department | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 84.00 | 77.43 | 466.00 | 447.08 | 3319.00 | 3195.94 | 2533.00 | 2436.46 | 196.00 | 188.60 | Not set | Not set | 6,598 | 6,346 | 2 | 1.50 | 68 | 67.80 | Not set | Not set | 70 | 69 | 7.00 | 6,668 | 6,415 | £31,108,876.36 | £587,314.45 | £749,955.66 | £117,451.68 | £8,424,209.60 | £4,304,681.22 | £45,292,488.97 | £5,143,259.94 | £2,919,948.61 | £8,063,208.55 | £53,355,697.52 |
| 2025 | September | Animal and Plant Health Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 936.00 | 861.94 | 923.00 | 883.60 | 1199.00 | 1152.56 | 306.00 | 293.54 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3,373 | 3,201 | 65 | 65.00 | 26 | 26.00 | Not set | Not set | 91 | 91 | Not set | 3,464 | 3,292 | £10,471,856.29 | £430,567.98 | £39,950.00 | £328,696.18 | £3,097,094.93 | £1,473,440.41 | £15,841,605.79 | £2,851,219.36 | £0.00 | £2,851,219.36 | £18,692,825.15 |
| 2025 | September | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 12.00 | 11.51 | 111.00 | 105.28 | 357.00 | 339.92 | 158.00 | 147.28 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 644 | 610 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 644 | 610 | £2,181,931.67 | £8,488.17 | £0.00 | £89,590.09 | £630,909.95 | £315,029.69 | £3,225,949.57 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £3,225,949.57 |
| 2025 | September | Rural Payments Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1334.00 | 1195.50 | 633.00 | 585.92 | 653.00 | 613.34 | 163.00 | 156.38 | 7.00 | 6.81 | Not set | Not set | 2,790 | 2,558 | Not set | Not set | 1 | 1.00 | Not set | Not set | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 2,791 | 2,559 | £7,433,772.13 | £2,993.59 | £11,716.00 | £84,024.28 | £2,142,957.55 | £954,603.62 | £10,630,067.17 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £10,630,067.17 |
| 2025 | September | Veterinary Medicines Directorate | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 22.00 | 21.41 | 29.00 | 28.21 | 75.00 | 74.04 | 69.00 | 68.31 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 197 | 194 | 18 | 17.59 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18 | 18 | 3.00 | 215 | 212 | £826,763.94 | £25,474.68 | £0.00 | £4,636.13 | £251,527.19 | £143,470.00 | £1,251,871.94 | £94,023.93 | £30,883.55 | £124,907.48 | £1,376,779.42 |
| 2025 | September | Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 378.00 | 362.53 | 378 | 363 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 378 | 363 | £1,446,681.88 | £55,220.87 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £132,423.20 | £205,160.12 | £1,839,486.07 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,839,486.07 |
| 2025 | September | Consumer Council for Water | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2.00 | 1.86 | 28.00 | 26.66 | 38.00 | 37.50 | 18.00 | 17.67 | 5.00 | 5.00 | Not set | Not set | 91 | 89 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 92 | 90 | £299,508.99 | £3,182.75 | Not set | Not set | £82,529.74 | £40,080.24 | £425,301.72 | £7,228.15 | Not set | £7,228.15 | £432,529.87 |
| 2025 | September | Environment Agency | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 797.00 | 758.77 | 2316.00 | 2225.06 | 7303.00 | 6973.53 | 2991.00 | 2840.26 | 117.00 | 114.96 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13,524 | 12,913 | 103 | 95.49 | 439 | 381.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 542 | 477 | 5.00 | 14,066 | 13,390 | £43,830,112.73 | £474,863.53 | £284,514.79 | £1,284,102.74 | £6,604,929.77 | £6,006,592.73 | £58,485,116.29 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £58,485,116.29 |
| 2025 | September | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 7.00 | 6.10 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 219.00 | 211.47 | 43.00 | 40.40 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 293 | 282 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 293 | 282 | £916,099.66 | £17,265.98 | £0.00 | £11,024.03 | £263,325.21 | £122,076.63 | £1,329,791.51 | Not set | £6,431.00 | £6,431.00 | £1,336,222.51 |
| 2025 | September | Marine Management Organisation | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 16.00 | 14.22 | 134.00 | 131.74 | 259.00 | 250.76 | 93.00 | 91.28 | 8.00 | 7.73 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 517 | 503 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3 | 3 | 0.00 | 520 | 506 | £1,546,339.90 | £40,989.42 | £254,174.64 | £30,415.00 | £463,937.45 | £223,904.81 | £2,559,761.22 | £5,384.00 | Not set | £5,384.00 | £2,565,145.22 |
| 2025 | September | National Forest Company | Other | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 4.92 | 29.00 | 26.73 | 9.00 | 8.81 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 45 | 41 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45 | 41 | £159,012.12 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £44,461.62 | £21,088.66 | £224,562.40 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £224,562.40 |
| 2025 | September | Natural England | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 45.00 | 38.75 | 302.00 | 282.94 | 2077.00 | 1937.47 | 377.00 | 359.58 | 28.00 | 27.25 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2,832 | 2,649 | 3 | 3.00 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 3 | 3 | 2.00 | 2,835 | 2,652 | £8,361,593.95 | £60,058.84 | Not set | £20,047.36 | £2,432,235.68 | £1,083,714.65 | £11,957,650.48 | Not set | £99,825.60 | £99,825.60 | £12,057,476.08 |
| 2025 | September | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 344.00 | 235.87 | 307.00 | 257.88 | 407.00 | 383.84 | 109.00 | 106.43 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 84.00 | 83.03 | 1,268 | 1,084 | 0 | 0.00 | 19 | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19 | 19 | 0.00 | 1,287 | 1,103 | £3,676,917.78 | £20,215.01 | Not set | £50,168.82 | £600,162.73 | £487,356.98 | £4,834,821.32 | £218,676.62 | Not set | £218,676.62 | £5,053,497.94 |
| 2025 | September | Sea Fish Industry Authority | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 32.00 | 30.57 | 33.00 | 32.60 | 22.00 | 22.00 | Not set | Not set | 4.00 | 4.00 | Not set | Not set | 91 | 89 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 91 | 89 | £344,787.32 | £5,674.68 | Not set | Not set | £33,237.82 | £42,260.37 | £425,960.19 | £0.00 | Not set | £0.00 | £425,960.19 |
| 2025 | September | Office for Environmental Protection | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.86 | 34.00 | 31.15 | 49.00 | 46.85 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 91 | 86 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 91 | 86 | £363,049.37 | £0.00 | £17,500.00 | £0.00 | £107,373.02 | £53,665.57 | £541,587.96 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £541,587.96 |
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