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Defra's headcount and payroll data for January 2026
Updated 20 February 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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| 2026 | January | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Ministerial Department | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 73.00 | 68.02 | 415.00 | 399.02 | 3160.00 | 3049.32 | 2500.00 | 2410.14 | 198.00 | 191.43 | Not set | Not set | 6,346 | 6,118 | 4 | 3.50 | 79 | 78.80 | Not set | Not set | 83 | 82 | 7.00 | 6,429 | 6,200 | £23,550,543.79 | £570,884.58 | £259,500.00 | £155,983.33 | £7,539,618.46 | £3,789,652.26 | £35,866,182.42 | £3,382,610.78 | £1,207,979.44 | £4,590,590.22 | £40,456,772.64 |
| 2026 | January | Animal and Plant Health Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 907.00 | 836.62 | 892.00 | 855.81 | 1214.00 | 1164.95 | 320.00 | 307.72 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3,340 | 3,172 | 83 | 83.00 | 16 | 16.00 | Not set | Not set | 99 | 99 | Not set | 3,439 | 3,271 | £9,735,044.84 | £437,375.08 | £59,100.00 | £469,891.01 | £2,903,667.80 | £1,390,766.63 | £14,995,845.36 | £1,382,141.39 | £0.00 | £1,382,141.39 | £16,377,986.75 |
| 2026 | January | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 12.00 | 11.51 | 107.00 | 101.52 | 358.00 | 338.67 | 160.00 | 149.44 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 642 | 606 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 643 | 607 | £2,150,171.02 | £5,737.32 | £0.00 | £26,126.44 | £622,731.10 | £316,080.84 | £3,120,846.72 | £12,209.04 | £0.00 | £12,209.04 | £3,133,055.76 |
| 2026 | January | Rural Payments Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1306.00 | 1172.79 | 619.00 | 572.13 | 641.00 | 602.93 | 157.00 | 150.65 | 5.00 | 4.81 | Not set | Not set | 2,728 | 2,503 | 8 | 8.00 | 9 | 9.00 | Not set | Not set | 17 | 17 | 0.00 | 2,745 | 2,520 | £6,756,431.96 | £2,546.86 | £2,500.00 | £29,663.56 | £1,929,563.34 | £850,223.72 | £9,570,929.44 | £78,116.97 | £0.00 | £78,116.97 | £9,649,046.41 |
| 2026 | January | Veterinary Medicines Directorate | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 20.00 | 19.46 | 29.00 | 28.21 | 77.00 | 75.59 | 72.00 | 71.20 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 200 | 196 | 21 | 21.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21 | 21 | 4.00 | 221 | 217 | £799,024.46 | £24,388.66 | £0.00 | £9,219.93 | £237,588.80 | £114,462.91 | £1,184,684.76 | £148,421.35 | £186,365.05 | £334,786.40 | £1,519,471.16 |
| 2026 | January | 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 | 360.53 | 376 | 361 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 376 | 361 | £1,433,615.29 | £58,057.86 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £130,863.12 | £202,514.27 | £1,825,050.54 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,825,050.54 |
| 2026 | January | Consumer Council for Water | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2.00 | 1.86 | 26.00 | 24.66 | 38.00 | 37.50 | 18.00 | 17.75 | 5.00 | 5.00 | Not set | Not set | 89 | 87 | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0.00 | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 89 | 87 | £357,605.58 | £3,162.02 | £2,241.73 | £153.22 | £99,502.95 | £49,754.81 | £512,420.31 | £9,502.94 | Not set | £9,502.94 | £521,923.25 |
| 2026 | January | Environment Agency | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 816.00 | 778.72 | 2304.00 | 2213.37 | 7465.00 | 7125.52 | 3014.00 | 2868.99 | 118.00 | 115.88 | Not set | Not set | 13,717 | 13,102 | 89 | 83.47 | 421 | 363.27 | Not set | Not set | 510 | 447 | 10.00 | 14,227 | 13,549 | £46,157,536.50 | £469,738.37 | £0.00 | £1,835,122.33 | £6,970,748.83 | £6,382,577.45 | £61,815,723.48 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £61,815,723.48 |
| 2026 | January | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 8.00 | 6.60 | 21.00 | 20.83 | 217.00 | 208.70 | 41.00 | 38.80 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 291 | 279 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.17 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 292 | 279 | £929,634.66 | £19,063.26 | £250.00 | £10,727.79 | £268,843.26 | £124,942.77 | £1,353,461.74 | £4,225.00 | £1,633.80 | £5,858.80 | £1,359,320.54 |
| 2026 | January | Marine Management Organisation | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 15.00 | 13.41 | 128.00 | 125.74 | 257.00 | 249.17 | 94.00 | 92.41 | 7.00 | 6.80 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 508 | 495 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 18.00 | 17.50 | 18 | 18 | 0.00 | 526 | 512 | £1,625,107.72 | £50,186.33 | Not set | £29,794.45 | £468,831.00 | £222,427.73 | £2,396,347.23 | £49,037.68 | Not set | £49,037.68 | £2,445,384.91 |
| 2026 | January | 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 | £161,944.93 | Not set | Not set | Not set | £45,553.32 | £21,476.95 | £228,975.20 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £228,975.20 |
| 2026 | January | Natural England | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 43.00 | 37.65 | 276.00 | 260.51 | 2019.00 | 1883.75 | 376.00 | 358.60 | 29.00 | 27.98 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2,745 | 2,570 | 7 | 7.00 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 7 | 7 | 2.00 | 2,752 | 2,577 | £8,209,895.14 | £65,114.44 | £900.00 | £17,165.81 | £2,383,280.49 | £1,068,547.88 | £11,744,903.76 | £73,524.32 | £209,127.60 | £282,651.92 | £12,027,555.68 |
| 2026 | January | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 337.00 | 237.41 | 335.00 | 277.88 | 416.00 | 393.68 | 107.00 | 104.80 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 86.00 | 85.22 | 1,297 | 1,115 | 0 | 0.00 | 13 | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13 | 13 | Not set | 1,310 | 1,128 | £3,824,771.45 | £18,214.28 | Not set | £45,659.35 | £617,018.66 | £518,953.83 | £5,024,617.57 | £178,973.37 | Not set | £178,973.37 | £5,203,590.94 |
| 2026 | January | Sea Fish Industry Authority | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 27.00 | 25.57 | 31.00 | 30.60 | 20.00 | 20.00 | Not set | Not set | 3.00 | 3.00 | Not set | Not set | 81 | 79 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 81 | 79 | £309,408.58 | £6,219.93 | Not set | Not set | £29,317.68 | £37,449.49 | £382,395.68 | £0.00 | Not set | £0.00 | £382,395.68 |
| 2026 | January | Office for Environmental Protection | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.86 | 32.00 | 30.02 | 50.00 | 47.77 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 91 | 87 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 91 | 87 | £392,281.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £112,750.20 | £54,890.12 | £559,921.32 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £559,921.32 |
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