Transparency data

EA executive directors and board expenses 2021 to 2022

Updated 19 March 2024

The Environment Agency provides flood risk management, environmental regulation and other environmental services across England. The majority of staff are based in local offices close to where they provide services. Our main National Office is in Bristol, with a further office in London.

The nature of the work of the Chair, Chief Executive and Executive Directors requires a significant degree of travel in England. This includes early starts and late finishes necessitating overnight stays. So that the Environment Agency can remain effectively networked with environmental regulators in other countries, some foreign travel is required. This report reflects expenses which were paid by the Environment Agency and does not include travel paid for by external partners.

To minimise carbon emissions, travel in the UK is mostly undertaken using public transport. Best value is used both for travel and for hotel accommodation through the Environment Agency and cross-government procurement contracts.

This reporting was paused in 2020 to prioritise time critical work during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Director or Board Member UK accomm-
odation
and subsistence (£)
total travel inc mileage and UK travel (£) Foreign accomm-
odation
and subsistence (£)
Foreign travel (£) Total (£)
Emma Howard Boyd - Chair 4,632.02 4,501.11 0 0 9,133.13
James Bevan – Chief Executive 523.74 2,646.78 0 0 3,170.52
Lucy Hunt – Chief Operating Officer 548.85 2,081.40 0 0 2,630.25
John Curtin – Executive Director Local Operations [footnote 1] 2,726.69 3,434.15 0 0 6,160.84
Harvey Bradshaw – Executive Director of Environment and Business 281.52 2,659.95 0 0 2,941.47
Caroline Douglass – Executive Director of Flood and Costal Risk Management [footnote 2] 522.42 1,703.42 0 0 2,225.84
10 Board members (not included above) [footnote 3] 1,501.87 1,724.24 0 0 3,226.11
Totals[footnote 4] 10,737.11 18,751.05 0 0 29,488.16
  1. 1 December 2020 – Executive Director level transfer from Executive Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management to Executive Director of Local Operations. 

  2. Appointed Executive Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management 1 April 2021. 

  3. The expenditure shown is (where relevant) inclusive of VAT paid. The Environment Agency is able to recover VAT payments from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs so the actual costs are less than the stated amounts. 

  4. 12 Board members from December 2021.