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Defra's headcount and payroll data for July 2026
Updated 24 August 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 | July | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Ministerial Department | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 64.00 | 60.09 | 413.00 | 395.87 | 3250.00 | 3136.96 | 2778.00 | 2680.89 | 237.00 | 229.15 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 6,743 | 6,504 | 70 | 70.00 | 109 | 109.00 | Not set | Not set | 179 | 179 | 5.00 | 6,922 | 6,683 | £33,146,732.49 | £557,621.30 | £573,008.47 | £98,769.94 | £8,030,629.43 | £4,094,821.93 | £46,501,583.56 | £4,929,902.38 | £3,396,017.28 | £8,325,919.66 | £54,827,503.22 |
| 2026 | July | Animal and Plant Health Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 831.00 | 763.32 | 887.00 | 850.09 | 1265.00 | 1216.10 | 359.00 | 341.91 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3,350 | 3,179 | 95 | 95.00 | 19 | 19.00 | Not set | Not set | 114 | 114 | Not set | 3,464 | 3,293 | £9,766,588.25 | £381,812.54 | £17,000.00 | £138,094.89 | £2,884,431.91 | £1,341,846.29 | £14,529,773.88 | £732,134.45 | £21,398.06 | £753,532.51 | £15,283,306.39 |
| 2026 | July | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 12.00 | 11.51 | 99.00 | 93.31 | 359.00 | 341.23 | 166.00 | 154.04 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 641 | 605 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | 643 | 607 | £2,238,163.87 | £11,618.65 | £0.00 | £77,439.92 | £643,690.75 | £354,465.06 | £3,325,378.25 | £19,337.88 | £0.00 | £19,337.88 | £3,344,716.13 |
| 2026 | July | Rural Payments Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1202.00 | 1087.13 | 584.00 | 542.30 | 558.00 | 531.16 | 122.00 | 119.25 | 6.00 | 6.00 | Not set | Not set | 2,472 | 2,286 | 7 | 7.00 | 5 | 5.00 | Not set | Not set | 12 | 12 | 0.00 | 2,484 | 2,298 | £6,036,606.29 | £2,600.44 | £0.00 | £76,469.94 | £1,725,512.60 | £765,437.89 | £8,606,627.16 | £124,370.69 | Not set | £124,370.69 | £8,730,997.85 |
| 2026 | July | Veterinary Medicines Directorate | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 17.00 | 16.46 | 30.00 | 29.21 | 86.00 | 84.59 | 74.00 | 73.34 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 209 | 206 | 19 | 19.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19 | 19 | 4.00 | 228 | 225 | £840,292.99 | £25,914.21 | £0.00 | £856.64 | £249,622.91 | £121,824.87 | £1,238,511.62 | £107,793.61 | £14,119.00 | £121,912.61 | £1,360,424.23 |
| 2026 | July | 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 | 380.00 | 364.87 | 380 | 365 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 380 | 365 | £1,451,692.44 | £58,957.90 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £134,454.18 | £205,052.12 | £1,850,156.64 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,850,156.64 |
| 2026 | July | Consumer Council for Water | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 2.00 | 1.86 | 23.00 | 21.09 | 29.00 | 28.81 | 25.00 | 24.23 | 4.00 | 4.00 | Not set | Not set | 83 | 80 | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 84 | 81 | £280,529.07 | £1,119.18 | Not set | £163.34 | £80,770.32 | £37,696.41 | £400,278.32 | £3,714.98 | Not set | £3,714.98 | £403,993.30 |
| 2026 | July | Environment Agency | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 818.00 | 784.31 | 2170.00 | 2081.06 | 7489.00 | 7150.70 | 3368.00 | 3211.86 | 140.00 | 136.70 | Not set | Not set | 13,985 | 13,365 | 120 | 114.62 | 387 | 333.36 | Not set | Not set | 507 | 448 | 4.00 | 14,492 | 13,813 | £47,174,810.50 | £488,754.37 | £0.00 | £1,202,767.91 | £7,020,482.61 | £6,428,415.04 | £62,315,230.43 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £62,315,230.43 |
| 2026 | July | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 6.00 | 4.60 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 218.00 | 210.04 | 47.00 | 45.11 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 290 | 279 | 4 | 4.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6 | 6 | 1.00 | 296 | 285 | £911,030.53 | £24,589.47 | £158,581.00 | £5,923.99 | £269,119.84 | £145,941.65 | £1,515,186.48 | £46,204.53 | £12,660.60 | £58,865.13 | £1,574,051.61 |
| 2026 | July | Marine Management Organisation | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 13.00 | 11.22 | 117.00 | 115.19 | 240.00 | 231.14 | 90.00 | 87.86 | 7.00 | 6.70 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 475 | 460 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 24.00 | 23.00 | 24 | 23 | 0.00 | 499 | 483 | £1,596,555.34 | £42,959.75 | £241,123.00 | £44,209.97 | £444,043.16 | £223,271.20 | £2,592,162.42 | £155,312.78 | Not set | £155,312.78 | £2,747,475.20 |
| 2026 | July | Natural England | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 38.00 | 34.72 | 203.00 | 186.96 | 2040.00 | 1900.39 | 458.00 | 435.93 | 31.00 | 29.20 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2,772 | 2,589 | Not set | Not set | 12 | 12.00 | Not set | Not set | 12 | 12 | 1.00 | 2,784 | 2,601 | £9,266,557.34 | £48,781.09 | £67,266.00 | £31,224.99 | £2,710,380.91 | £1,241,882.80 | £13,366,093.13 | £97,706.35 | £176,666.67 | £274,373.02 | £13,640,466.15 |
| 2026 | July | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 314.00 | 201.66 | 286.00 | 227.07 | 400.00 | 378.28 | 110.00 | 107.10 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 77.00 | 76.22 | 1,204 | 1,007 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7 | 7 | Not set | 1,211 | 1,014 | £3,658,737.33 | £20,788.88 | Not set | £35,671.12 | £599,555.19 | £487,719.60 | £4,802,472.12 | £82,752.59 | -£6,101.96 | £76,650.63 | £4,879,122.75 |
| 2026 | July | Sea Fish Industry Authority | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 22.00 | 19.82 | 30.00 | 28.90 | 23.00 | 23.00 | Not set | Not set | 4.00 | 4.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 86 | 83 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 86 | 83 | £300,450.55 | £5,113.80 | £0.00 | Not set | £29,522.92 | £36,376.41 | £371,463.68 | £0.00 | Not set | £0.00 | £371,463.68 |
| 2026 | July | Office for Environmental Protection | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 2.86 | 33.00 | 30.81 | 47.00 | 44.77 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 88 | 83 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0 | 0 | Not set | 88 | 83 | £395,023.02 | £0.00 | £26,100.00 | £0.00 | £114,928.24 | £59,161.62 | £595,212.88 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £595,212.88 |
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