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Defra's headcount and payroll data for August 2026
Updated 23 September 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 | August | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Ministerial Department | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 65.00 | 61.09 | 399.00 | 381.36 | 3304.00 | 3191.12 | 2814.00 | 2716.80 | 235.00 | 227.45 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 6,818 | 6,579 | 80 | 80.00 | 99 | 98.80 | Not set | Not set | 179 | 179 | 7.00 | 6,997 | 6,758 | £27,809,766.00 | £585,800.00 | £291,842.00 | £62,493.00 | £8,120,049.00 | £4,063,531.00 | £40,933,481.00 | £2,014,635.00 | £1,926,872.00 | £3,941,507.00 | £44,874,988.00 |
| 2026 | August | Animal and Plant Health Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 833.00 | 765.70 | 882.00 | 845.49 | 1267.00 | 1218.48 | 361.00 | 343.75 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3,352 | 3,182 | 91 | 91.00 | 25 | 25.00 | Not set | Not set | 116 | 116 | 0.00 | 3,468 | 3,298 | £9,809,876.61 | £369,072.97 | £9,200.00 | £156,690.11 | £2,889,960.32 | £1,341,638.90 | £14,576,438.91 | £607,673.69 | £2,316.04 | £609,989.73 | £15,186,428.64 |
| 2026 | August | Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 12.00 | 11.51 | 100.00 | 94.31 | 356.00 | 337.90 | 165.00 | 152.90 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 638 | 602 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 | 640 | 604 | £2,216,044.26 | £5,766.10 | £0.00 | £52,035.66 | £640,846.10 | £328,487.14 | £3,243,179.26 | £19,337.88 | £0.00 | £19,337.88 | £3,262,517.14 |
| 2026 | August | Rural Payments Agency | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1198.00 | 1083.28 | 575.00 | 533.23 | 554.00 | 527.47 | 121.00 | 118.25 | 6.00 | 6.00 | Not set | Not set | 2,454 | 2,268 | 12 | 12.00 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 12 | 12 | 0.00 | 2,466 | 2,280 | £6,002,877.67 | £2,169.76 | £1,250.00 | £74,120.13 | £1,717,841.88 | £758,643.18 | £8,556,902.62 | £65,898.87 | Not set | £65,898.87 | £8,622,801.49 |
| 2026 | August | Veterinary Medicines Directorate | Executive Agency | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 17.00 | 16.46 | 30.00 | 29.21 | 87.00 | 85.59 | 75.00 | 74.34 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 211 | 208 | 21 | 20.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21 | 20 | 4.00 | 232 | 228 | £843,944.65 | £21,676.63 | £0.00 | £2,531.04 | £248,134.14 | £122,717.60 | £1,239,004.06 | £216,872.75 | £721,724.10 | £938,596.85 | £2,177,600.91 |
| 2026 | August | 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 | 381.00 | 365.79 | 381 | 366 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 381 | 366 | £1,682,404.24 | £58,742.48 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £155,923.62 | £240,927.69 | £2,137,998.03 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £2,137,998.03 |
| 2026 | August | 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 | £283,025.30 | £1,119.80 | Not set | £287.48 | £81,489.69 | £38,067.89 | £403,990.16 | £5,708.84 | Not set | £5,708.84 | £409,699.00 |
| 2026 | August | Environment Agency | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 818.00 | 784.61 | 2176.00 | 2088.12 | 7526.00 | 7183.89 | 3374.00 | 3216.12 | 143.00 | 139.70 | Not set | Not set | 14,037 | 13,412 | 114 | 108.19 | 391 | 332.36 | Not set | Not set | 505 | 441 | 8.00 | 14,542 | 13,853 | £47,319,058.44 | £507,902.91 | £26,665.00 | £1,379,462.91 | £7,070,575.06 | £6,482,275.63 | £62,785,939.95 | Not set | Not set | £0.00 | £62,785,939.95 |
| 2026 | August | Joint Nature Conservation Committee | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 6.00 | 4.60 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 218.00 | 209.58 | 46.00 | 44.41 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 290 | 279 | 1 | 1.00 | 2 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 3 | 2.00 | 293 | 282 | £924,815.28 | £22,642.76 | £0.00 | £4,944.98 | £267,965.22 | £124,326.13 | £1,344,694.37 | £29,306.49 | £9,977.18 | £39,283.67 | £1,383,978.04 |
| 2026 | August | Marine Management Organisation | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 14.00 | 12.22 | 120.00 | 117.99 | 232.00 | 223.34 | 92.00 | 89.86 | 7.00 | 6.73 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 473 | 458 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 27.00 | 26.00 | 27 | 26 | 0.00 | 500 | 484 | £1,525,433.92 | £50,486.58 | £241,123.00 | £24,143.66 | £446,128.27 | £217,374.27 | £2,504,689.70 | £124,380.59 | Not set | £124,380.59 | £2,629,070.29 |
| 2026 | August | Natural England | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 35.00 | 32.23 | 199.00 | 182.89 | 2038.00 | 1900.80 | 463.00 | 440.66 | 31.00 | 29.20 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2,768 | 2,588 | 11 | 11.00 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 11 | 11 | 2.00 | 2,779 | 2,599 | £9,253,995.65 | £53,126.18 | £450.00 | £10,207.06 | £2,695,521.74 | £1,226,264.59 | £13,239,565.22 | £89,043.88 | £107,600.00 | £196,643.88 | £13,436,209.10 |
| 2026 | August | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 315.00 | 204.46 | 279.00 | 222.76 | 397.00 | 375.28 | 108.00 | 105.10 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 71.00 | 70.22 | 1,187 | 995 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10 | 10 | Not set | 1,197 | 1,005 | £3,595,830.91 | £26,921.48 | Not set | £37,521.47 | £592,222.43 | £476,663.55 | £4,729,159.84 | £111,618.60 | Not set | £111,618.60 | £4,840,778.44 |
| 2026 | August | Sea Fish Industry Authority | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 21.00 | 18.82 | 30.00 | 28.90 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 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 | £302,413.91 | £4,477.32 | £0.00 | Not set | £29,644.65 | £36,795.47 | £373,331.35 | £0.00 | Not set | £0.00 | £373,331.35 |
| 2026 | August | The Office for Environmental Protection | Executive Non-Departmental Public Body | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 33.00 | 30.81 | 47.00 | 44.76 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 87 | 83 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | Not set | 87 | 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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