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Defra's headcount and payroll data for December 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 | December | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Ministerial Department | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 76.00 | 71.02 | 426.00 | 409.69 | 3170.00 | 3057.57 | 2468.00 | 2381.61 | 198.00 | 191.17 | Not set | Not set | 6,338 | 6,111 | 2 | 1.50 | 68 | 67.80 | Not set | Not set | 70 | 69 | 7.00 | 6,408 | 6,180 | £124,140,146.00 | £2,011,688.00 | £530,845.00 | £1,168,123.00 | £35,806,393.00 | £11,511,828.00 | £175,169,023.00 | £4,183,326.00 | £8,586,499.00 | £12,769,825.00 | £187,938,848.00 |
| 2025 | December | Animal and Plant Health Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 909.00 | 836.90 | 901.00 | 863.36 | 1205.00 | 1157.61 | 317.00 | 304.78 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3,338 | 3,169 | 78 | 78.00 | 17 | 17.00 | Not set | Not set | 95 | 95 | 0.00 | 3,433 | 3,264 | £9,718,313.59 | £522,526.73 | £30,650.01 | £492,141.34 | £2,898,502.77 | £1,400,604.75 | £15,062,739.19 | £885,510.59 | £0.00 | £885,510.59 | £15,948,249.78 |
| 2025 | December | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 12.00 | 11.51 | 109.00 | 103.79 | 358.00 | 339.85 | 160.00 | 149.24 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 644 | 609 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 644 | 609 | £2,147,861.57 | £4,139.49 | £0.00 | £36,294.27 | £626,667.76 | £314,096.53 | £3,129,059.62 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £3,129,059.62 |
| 2025 | December | Rural Payments Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1313.00 | 1178.20 | 618.00 | 571.57 | 645.00 | 606.31 | 157.00 | 150.65 | 4.00 | 3.81 | Not set | Not set | 2,737 | 2,511 | 8 | 8.00 | 1 | 1.00 | Not set | Not set | 9 | 9 | 0.00 | 2,746 | 2,520 | £6,742,361.15 | £3,661.07 | £4,500.00 | £76,474.57 | £1,935,519.53 | £857,053.90 | £9,619,570.22 | £50,795.99 | Not set | £50,795.99 | £9,670,366.21 |
| 2025 | December | Veterinary Medicines Directorate | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 20.00 | 19.41 | 29.00 | 28.21 | 76.00 | 75.04 | 71.00 | 70.31 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 198 | 195 | 16 | 16.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16 | 16 | 4.00 | 214 | 211 | £775,098.11 | £23,073.24 | £0.00 | £14,537.60 | £235,057.39 | £129,753.34 | £1,177,519.68 | £106,419.94 | £196,624.67 | £303,044.61 | £1,480,564.29 |
| 2025 | December | 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 | 362.73 | 378 | 363 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 378 | 363 | £1,428,208.55 | £58,064.57 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £130,786.84 | £204,882.67 | £1,821,942.63 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,821,942.63 |
| 2025 | December | Consumer Council for Water | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2.00 | 1.86 | 27.00 | 25.66 | 38.00 | 37.50 | 18.00 | 17.75 | 5.00 | 5.00 | Not set | Not set | 90 | 88 | Not set | Not set | 1 | 0.60 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | 92 | 89 | £294,665.81 | £4,920.44 | Not set | £359.58 | £81,850.62 | £39,917.04 | £421,713.49 | £11,980.96 | Not set | £11,980.96 | £433,694.45 |
| 2025 | December | Environment Agency | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 814.00 | 777.18 | 2277.00 | 2187.98 | 7405.00 | 7069.92 | 3014.00 | 2867.93 | 118.00 | 115.88 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 13,629 | 13,020 | 85 | 79.65 | 420 | 359.80 | Not set | Not set | 505 | 439 | 9.00 | 14,134 | 13,459 | £46,033,282.70 | £471,603.36 | £4,036.80 | £1,743,263.16 | £6,949,309.70 | £6,356,374.84 | £61,557,870.56 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £61,557,870.56 |
| 2025 | December | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 8.00 | 6.60 | 21.00 | 20.83 | 218.00 | 210.30 | 42.00 | 39.80 | 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 | £1,075,711.38 | £21,174.14 | £213.67 | £8,478.26 | £308,171.42 | £146,220.84 | £1,559,969.71 | £0.00 | £2,512.80 | £2,512.80 | £1,562,482.51 |
| 2025 | December | Marine Management Organisation | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 15.00 | 13.41 | 130.00 | 127.82 | 256.00 | 248.04 | 94.00 | 92.41 | 8.00 | 7.80 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 510 | 496 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 9.00 | 8.50 | 9 | 9 | 0.00 | 519 | 505 | £1,663,543.31 | £39,782.83 | Not set | £37,751.00 | £483,980.37 | £254,819.01 | £2,479,876.52 | £26,307.00 | Not set | £26,307.00 | £2,506,183.52 |
| 2025 | December | 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 | Not set | 45 | 42 | £161,902.03 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £155.14 | £45,591.59 | £21,493.78 | £229,142.54 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £229,142.54 |
| 2025 | December | Natural England | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 46.00 | 40.35 | 283.00 | 267.25 | 2033.00 | 1898.54 | 371.00 | 354.42 | 29.00 | 28.25 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2,764 | 2,591 | 5 | 5.00 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 5 | 5 | 2.00 | 2,769 | 2,596 | £8,319,005.33 | £62,900.31 | £0.00 | £18,241.98 | £2,398,603.62 | £1,082,860.67 | £11,881,611.91 | £76,020.04 | £84,000.00 | £160,020.04 | £12,041,631.95 |
| 2025 | December | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 325.00 | 231.90 | 319.00 | 272.14 | 411.00 | 389.08 | 109.00 | 106.60 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 86.00 | 85.03 | 1,266 | 1,101 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10 | 0 | Not set | 1,276 | 1,101 | £3,867,545.03 | £23,461.84 | Not set | £23,346.89 | £624,244.94 | £514,371.12 | £5,052,969.82 | £80,293.82 | Not set | £80,293.82 | £5,133,263.64 |
| 2025 | December | Sea Fish Industry Authority | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 27.00 | 25.57 | 32.00 | 31.60 | 20.00 | 20.00 | Not set | Not set | 3.00 | 3.00 | Not set | Not set | 82 | 80 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 82 | 80 | £320,279.56 | £5,956.19 | Not set | Not set | £29,980.82 | £39,056.67 | £395,273.24 | £0.00 | Not set | £0.00 | £395,273.24 |
| 2025 | December | Office for Environmental Protection | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.86 | 33.00 | 30.56 | 50.00 | 48.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 92 | 87 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 92 | 87 | £397,649.71 | £0.00 | £250.00 | £0.00 | £132,807.16 | £65,227.70 | £595,934.57 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £595,934.57 |
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