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Defra's headcount and payroll data for April 2026
Updated 27 May 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 | April | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Ministerial Department | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 59.00 | 55.49 | 383.00 | 365.32 | 3113.00 | 3007.79 | 2712.00 | 2616.01 | 231.00 | 223.95 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 6,500 | 6,271 | 69 | 69.00 | 93 | 93.00 | Not set | Not set | 162 | 162 | 8.00 | 6,662 | 6,433 | £29,044,643.00 | £607,154.00 | £72,585.00 | £139,101.00 | £7,803,789.00 | £2,800,262.00 | £40,467,534.00 | £2,662,398.00 | £965,061.00 | £3,627,459.00 | £44,094,993.00 |
| 2026 | April | Animal and Plant Health Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 836.00 | 766.64 | 897.00 | 859.16 | 1248.00 | 1199.27 | 358.00 | 342.41 | 6.00 | 6.00 | Not set | Not set | 3,345 | 3,173 | 101 | 101.00 | 22 | 22.00 | Not set | Not set | 123 | 123 | 0.00 | 3,468 | 3,296 | £9,786,228.28 | £390,266.11 | £1,000.00 | £178,251.14 | £2,890,613.71 | £1,351,908.41 | £14,598,267.65 | £771,324.11 | £491.00 | £771,815.11 | £15,370,082.76 |
| 2026 | April | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 12.00 | 11.51 | 103.00 | 97.32 | 360.00 | 341.83 | 162.00 | 150.22 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 642 | 606 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | 644 | 608 | £2,112,636.77 | £3,471.54 | £0.00 | £41,000.07 | £623,766.85 | £327,751.80 | £3,108,627.03 | £19,337.88 | £0.00 | £19,337.88 | £3,127,964.91 |
| 2026 | April | Rural Payments Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1221.00 | 1103.43 | 590.00 | 547.85 | 557.00 | 529.57 | 123.00 | 120.59 | 5.00 | 5.00 | Not set | Not set | 2,496 | 2,306 | 2 | 2.00 | 5 | 5.00 | Not set | Not set | 7 | 7 | 0.00 | 2,503 | 2,313 | £6,081,917.40 | £2,431.43 | £0.00 | £47,320.78 | £1,740,312.45 | £766,701.81 | £8,638,683.87 | £73,891.47 | Not set | £73,891.47 | £8,712,575.34 |
| 2026 | April | Veterinary Medicines Directorate | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 19.00 | 18.46 | 29.00 | 28.21 | 81.00 | 79.59 | 72.00 | 71.34 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 203 | 200 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19 | 19 | 4.00 | 222 | 219 | £818,943.17 | £25,362.91 | £0.00 | £20,106.28 | £244,659.63 | £121,885.17 | £1,230,957.16 | £132,339.86 | £187,296.64 | £319,636.50 | £1,550,593.66 |
| 2026 | April | 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 | 367.00 | 351.89 | 367 | 352 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 367 | 352 | £1,425,305.07 | £59,177.58 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £131,459.70 | £203,424.51 | £1,819,366.86 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,819,366.86 |
| 2026 | April | Consumer Council for Water | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2.00 | 1.86 | 24.00 | 22.34 | 34.00 | 33.62 | 19.00 | 18.62 | 4.00 | 4.00 | Not set | Not set | 83 | 80 | Not set | Not set | 1 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 5 | 5 | 0.00 | 88 | 85 | £285,999.35 | £1,585.85 | Not set | £117.61 | £80,377.81 | £38,389.01 | £406,469.63 | £30,479.85 | Not set | £30,479.85 | £436,949.48 |
| 2026 | April | Environment Agency | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 757.00 | 721.83 | 2187.00 | 2096.59 | 7441.00 | 7103.70 | 3298.00 | 3142.29 | 141.00 | 137.63 | Not set | Not set | 13,824 | 13,202 | 108 | 102.47 | 400 | 347.47 | Not set | Not set | 508 | 450 | 6.00 | 14,332 | 13,652 | £46,681,193.18 | £481,569.22 | £0.00 | £1,355,613.76 | £6,978,722.15 | £6,383,997.75 | £61,881,096.06 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £61,881,096.06 |
| 2026 | April | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 7.00 | 5.60 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 214.00 | 205.32 | 45.00 | 42.72 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 287 | 275 | 4 | 4.00 | 2 | 1.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6 | 5 | 0.00 | 293 | 280 | £889,875.31 | £34,239.81 | £250.00 | £6,799.78 | £265,026.91 | £121,255.60 | £1,317,447.41 | £6,496.58 | £0.00 | £6,496.58 | £1,323,943.99 |
| 2026 | April | Marine Management Organisation | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 14.00 | 12.22 | 130.00 | 127.62 | 247.00 | 238.07 | 90.00 | 88.04 | 8.00 | 7.73 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 496 | 481 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 16.00 | 15.00 | 16 | 15 | 0.00 | 512 | 496 | £1,552,422.57 | £34,458.83 | £241,123.00 | £33,915.33 | £461,846.06 | £221,529.47 | £2,545,295.26 | £52,953.33 | Not set | £52,953.33 | £2,598,248.59 |
| 2026 | April | Natural England | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 33.00 | 29.73 | 212.00 | 196.21 | 2018.00 | 1880.51 | 449.00 | 428.08 | 30.00 | 28.62 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2,744 | 2,565 | Not set | Not set | 4 | 4.00 | Not set | Not set | 4 | 4 | 0.00 | 2,748 | 2,569 | £9,306,944.00 | £68,320.66 | £24,350.00 | £23,803.59 | £3,735,107.69 | £1,765,960.90 | £14,924,486.84 | £51,888.24 | £366,000.00 | £417,888.24 | £15,342,375.08 |
| 2026 | April | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 315.00 | 204.15 | 288.00 | 229.67 | 402.00 | 379.38 | 108.00 | 105.60 | 78.00 | 77.22 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 1,208 | 1,013 | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15 | 15 | Not set | 1,223 | 1,028 | £3,652,048.00 | £18,584.19 | Not set | £46,230.34 | £601,592.58 | £485,277.82 | £4,803,732.93 | £78,005.99 | Not set | £78,005.99 | £4,881,738.92 |
| 2026 | April | Sea Fish Industry Authority | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 27.00 | 25.11 | 29.00 | 28.14 | 19.00 | 19.00 | Not set | Not set | 3.00 | 3.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 86 | 83 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 86 | 83 | £323,157.68 | £6,444.16 | Not set | Not set | £36,283.74 | £38,235.00 | £404,120.58 | £0.00 | Not set | £0.00 | £404,120.58 |
| 2026 | April | 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 | 30.01 | 48.00 | 45.78 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 90 | 86 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | Not set | 90 | 86 | £399,593.44 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £114,868.55 | £55,854.97 | £570,316.96 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £570,316.96 |
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