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Defra's headcount and payroll data for October 2025
Updated 26 November 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 | October | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Ministerial Department | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 84.00 | 77.43 | 455.00 | 435.65 | 3297.00 | 3176.28 | 2548.00 | 2450.57 | 200.00 | 192.60 | Not set | Not set | 6,584 | 6,333 | 1 | 1.00 | 75 | 74.80 | Not set | Not set | 76 | 76 | 8.00 | 6,660 | 6,408 | £30,297,106.60 | £497,202.17 | £946,467.51 | £103,079.39 | £7,814,081.62 | £3,910,560.41 | £43,568,497.70 | £2,363,929.20 | £2,907,034.52 | £5,270,963.72 | £48,839,461.42 |
| 2025 | October | Animal and Plant Health Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 925.00 | 851.64 | 922.00 | 883.04 | 1210.00 | 1162.32 | 310.00 | 297.20 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3,376 | 3,203 | 68 | 68.00 | 25 | 25.00 | Not set | Not set | 93 | 93 | 0.00 | 3,469 | 3,296 | £9,782,728.69 | £407,912.07 | £19,650.00 | £391,801.91 | £2,892,307.92 | £1,375,257.58 | £14,869,658.17 | -£601,178.60 | £0.00 | -£601,178.60 | £14,268,479.57 |
| 2025 | October | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 12.00 | 11.51 | 112.00 | 106.08 | 358.00 | 340.06 | 159.00 | 147.94 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 647 | 612 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 647 | 612 | £2,104,506.44 | £6,452.91 | £0.00 | £78,239.80 | £611,561.00 | £307,046.51 | £3,107,806.66 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £3,107,806.66 |
| 2025 | October | Rural Payments Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1331.00 | 1193.31 | 624.00 | 577.46 | 653.00 | 613.25 | 158.00 | 151.68 | 7.00 | 6.81 | Not set | Not set | 2,773 | 2,543 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 2,774 | 2,544 | £6,865,448.60 | £2,630.67 | £3,500.00 | £121,747.56 | £1,968,291.61 | £879,505.81 | £9,841,124.25 | £41,643.89 | £0.00 | £41,643.89 | £9,882,768.14 |
| 2025 | October | Veterinary Medicines Directorate | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 22.00 | 21.41 | 29.00 | 28.21 | 74.00 | 73.04 | 68.00 | 67.31 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 195 | 192 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18 | 18 | 4.00 | 213 | 210 | £786,615.47 | £23,842.51 | £0.00 | £3,931.39 | £231,619.49 | £110,971.71 | £1,156,980.57 | £124,056.83 | £1,210,116.45 | £1,334,173.28 | £2,491,153.85 |
| 2025 | October | 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 | 376.00 | 361.64 | 376 | 362 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 376 | 362 | £1,438,693.68 | £58,350.97 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £131,975.86 | £203,519.34 | £1,832,539.85 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,832,539.85 |
| 2025 | October | Consumer Council for Water | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2.00 | 1.86 | 28.00 | 26.66 | 39.00 | 38.50 | 17.00 | 16.75 | 5.00 | 5.00 | Not set | Not set | 91 | 89 | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0.00 | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 91 | 89 | £293,331.52 | £2,857.55 | Not set | Not set | £81,636.20 | £39,419.61 | £417,244.88 | £0.01 | Not set | £0.01 | £417,244.89 |
| 2025 | October | Environment Agency | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 804.00 | 765.64 | 2320.00 | 2228.64 | 7347.00 | 7012.41 | 2994.00 | 2846.56 | 112.00 | 109.96 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 13,578 | 12,964 | 98 | 87.39 | 430 | 371.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 528 | 459 | 6.00 | 14,106 | 13,423 | £50,497,271.40 | £509,306.51 | £45,901.00 | £1,414,012.81 | £8,713,396.32 | £8,190,437.26 | £69,370,325.30 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £69,370,325.30 |
| 2025 | October | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 7.00 | 6.10 | 21.00 | 21.00 | 222.00 | 214.27 | 42.00 | 39.80 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 296 | 285 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 296 | 285 | £914,050.56 | £20,063.96 | £0.00 | £13,910.17 | £262,325.97 | £122,958.86 | £1,333,309.52 | £0.00 | £10,289.00 | £10,289.00 | £1,343,598.52 |
| 2025 | October | Marine Management Organisation | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 16.00 | 14.22 | 132.00 | 129.74 | 255.00 | 247.44 | 94.00 | 92.28 | 8.00 | 7.80 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 512 | 498 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 7.00 | 6.00 | 7 | 6 | 0.00 | 519 | 504 | £1,525,762.24 | £40,881.16 | £254,174.64 | £46,850.94 | £458,526.36 | £218,819.48 | £2,545,014.82 | £25,997.52 | Not set | £25,997.52 | £2,571,012.34 |
| 2025 | October | National Forest Company | Other | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 30.00 | 27.73 | 9.00 | 8.81 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 45 | 42 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 45 | 42 | £171,184.03 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £48,640.96 | £22,862.80 | £242,687.79 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £242,687.79 |
| 2025 | October | Natural England | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 47.00 | 40.75 | 297.00 | 279.44 | 2040.00 | 1904.14 | 368.00 | 351.35 | 28.00 | 27.25 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2,782 | 2,605 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 2.00 | 2,785 | 2,608 | £8,255,649.93 | £56,246.72 | £0.00 | £25,775.86 | £2,400,754.83 | £1,072,000.92 | £11,810,428.26 | £18,256.94 | £77,100.00 | £95,356.94 | £11,905,785.20 |
| 2025 | October | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 342.00 | 233.99 | 310.00 | 261.83 | 404.00 | 381.98 | 109.00 | 106.43 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 87.00 | 86.03 | 1,269 | 1,087 | 0 | 0.00 | 14 | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14 | 14 | 0.00 | 1,283 | 1,101 | £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 | October | Sea Fish Industry Authority | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 27.00 | 25.57 | 32.00 | 31.60 | 22.00 | 22.00 | Not set | Not set | 4.00 | 4.00 | Not set | Not set | 85 | 83 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 85 | 83 | £382,256.60 | £5,152.01 | Not set | Not set | £30,326.85 | £45,311.57 | £463,047.03 | £0.00 | Not set | £0.00 | £463,047.03 |
| 2025 | October | Office for Environmental Protection | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 1.86 | 35.00 | 32.15 | 55.00 | 52.47 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 98 | 92 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 98 | 92 | £372,699.36 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £108,725.90 | £52,442.95 | £533,868.21 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £533,868.21 |
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