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Defra's headcount and payroll data for November 2025
Updated 30 January 2026
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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 | November | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Ministerial Department | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 77 | 72.02 | 429 | 412.23 | 3177 | 3066.01 | 2444 | 2358.90 | 195 | 187.93 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 6,098 | 1 | 1.00 | 72 | 71.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 73 | 73 | 9.00 | 73 | 6,171 | £29,860,336.41 | £14,087,887.31 | -£414,999.98 | £74,999.68 | £7,492,910.51 | £5,775,520.12 | £56,876,654.05 | £2,754,918.03 | £1,483,492.06 | £4,238,410.09 | £61,115,064.14 |
| 2025 | November | Animal and Plant Health Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 919.00 | 845.77 | 907.00 | 868.94 | 1208.00 | 1160.70 | 317.00 | 304.39 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3,358 | 3,187 | 11 | 11.00 | 87 | 87.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 98 | 98 | 0.00 | 3,456 | 3,285 | £9,754,617.93 | £434,134.96 | £26,750.00 | £374,377.53 | £2,893,958.39 | £1,375,190.38 | £14,859,029.19 | £1,218,218.49 | £0.00 | £1,218,218.49 | £16,077,247.68 |
| 2025 | November | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 12 | 11.51 | 111 | 105.27 | 359 | 341.26 | 158 | 147.64 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 611 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 611 | £2,202,053.37 | £13,457.58 | £0.00 | £82,819.56 | £636,057.22 | £332,542.51 | £3,266,930.24 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £3,266,930.24 |
| 2025 | November | Rural Payments Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1325 | 1189.02 | 616 | 569.75 | 647 | 608.00 | 158 | 151.65 | 4 | 3.81 | Not set | Not set | 0 | 2,522 | Not set | Not set | 1 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 2,523 | £6,812,829.87 | £2,468.34 | £2,000.00 | £89,451.19 | £1,938,455.93 | £862,898.79 | £9,708,104.12 | £18,929.04 | £0.00 | £18,929.04 | £9,727,033.16 |
| 2025 | November | Veterinary Medicines Directorate | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 21 | 20.41 | 29 | 28.21 | 75 | 74.04 | 69 | 68.31 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 193 | 18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18 | 18 | 4.00 | 18 | 211 | £788,631.05 | £24,187.87 | £0.00 | £7,285.05 | £232,076.72 | £117,776.71 | £1,169,957.40 | £111,919.01 | £540,403.16 | £652,322.17 | £1,822,279.57 |
| 2025 | November | Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 377 | 359.44 | 0 | 359 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 359 | £1,444,528.81 | £58,246.05 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £132,772.53 | £204,064.25 | £1,839,611.64 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,839,611.64 |
| 2025 | November | Consumer Council for Water | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2 | 1.86 | 27 | 25.66 | 38 | 37.50 | 18 | 17.75 | 5 | 5.00 | Not set | Not set | 0 | 88 | Not set | Not set | 1 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 88 | £293,830.30 | £2,855.99 | Not set | Not set | £81,539.79 | £39,514.86 | £417,740.94 | £7,711.84 | Not set | £7,711.84 | £425,452.78 |
| 2025 | November | Environment Agency | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 815 | 777.02 | 2310 | 2218.55 | 7375 | 7039.86 | 3000 | 2853.25 | 112 | 109.88 | 1 | 0.75 | 0 | 12,999 | 95 | 87.59 | 427 | 367.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 522 | 455 | 0.00 | 522 | 13,454 | £45,866,469.54 | £481,737.35 | £0.00 | £1,551,708.51 | £6,909,411.60 | £6,316,196.70 | £61,125,523.70 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £61,125,523.70 |
| 2025 | November | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 8 | 6.60 | 21 | 20.83 | 221 | 213.47 | 42 | 39.80 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 285 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 286 | £918,290.48 | £18,762.33 | £0.00 | £11,405.61 | £262,924.89 | £122,706.55 | £1,334,089.86 | £13,344.00 | £1,492.20 | £14,836.20 | £1,348,926.06 |
| 2025 | November | Marine Management Organisation | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 15 | 13.41 | 128 | 125.74 | 257 | 249.17 | 94 | 92.41 | 8 | 7.70 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 495 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 8.00 | 7.00 | 8 | 7 | 0.00 | 8 | 502 | £1,854,896.35 | £46,407.08 | Not set | £32,752.00 | £543,848.78 | £305,768.51 | £2,783,672.72 | £20,631.00 | Not set | £20,631.00 | £2,804,303.72 |
| 2025 | November | National Forest Company | Other | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 4.50 | 30 | 27.73 | 9 | 8.81 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | Not set | 0 | 42 | £162,199.03 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £378.55 | £45,677.63 | £21,571.83 | £229,827.04 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £229,827.04 |
| 2025 | November | Natural England | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 47 | 40.89 | 292 | 274.82 | 2033 | 1898.80 | 367 | 350.32 | 29 | 28.25 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 2,595 | 3 | 3.00 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 3 | 3 | 1.00 | 3 | 2,598 | £8,264,068.15 | £61,935.21 | £7,800.00 | £23,328.39 | £2,396,736.48 | £1,075,351.82 | £11,829,220.05 | £16,383.24 | £99,825.60 | £116,208.84 | £11,945,428.89 |
| 2025 | November | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 321 | 228.59 | 318 | 270.34 | 409 | 386.48 | 109 | 106.43 | 16 | 16.00 | 86 | 85.03 | 0 | 1,093 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10 | 10 | 0.00 | 10 | 1,103 | £3,827,321.86 | £19,027.62 | Not set | £33,917.58 | £622,949.17 | £508,164.58 | £5,011,380.81 | £174,796.12 | Not set | £174,796.12 | £5,186,176.93 |
| 2025 | November | Sea Fish Industry Authority | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 27 | 25.57 | 32 | 31.60 | 21 | 21.00 | Not set | Not set | 3 | 3.00 | Not set | Not set | 0 | 81 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 81 | £318,853.06 | £5,934.01 | Not set | Not set | £29,741.29 | £39,221.06 | £393,749.42 | £0.00 | Not set | £0.00 | £393,749.42 |
| 2025 | November | Office for Environmental Protection | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | 1.86 | 36 | 33.15 | 55 | 52.47 | 5 | 5.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 94 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | Not set | 0 | 94 | £375,670.94 | £0.00 | £15,250.00 | £0.00 | £111,899.58 | £55,100.59 | £557,921.11 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £557,921.11 |
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