Environment Agency: Legal Profession
(asked on 23rd March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many solicitors were employed by the Environment Agency in the Area facing legal services teams in 2008, 2014, 2020 and 2026.
Answered by
Emma Hardy
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The table below shows the number of solicitors employed by the Environment Agency in the Area facing legal services teams in 2020 and 2026, and the number of vacant lawyer posts that were being held during these years.
The Environment Agency does not hold data for 2008, and it has insufficient data for 2014.
Year | Number of solicitors employed in Area facing teams | Number of vacant lawyer posts |
2020 | 52 (47.36 Full Time Equivalent) | 4 |
2026 | 66 (52.69 Full Time Equivalent) | 6 |