Environment Agency: Staff
(asked on 14th March 2018) - 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 staff were employed by the Environment Agency (a) directly, (b) on a contracted basis and (c) on a subcontracted basis in each of the last eight years.
The table below shows the number of staff employed by the Environment Agency (a) directly and (b) on a contracted basis at 31 March in each of the last eight years. Numbers of subcontracted staff are not recorded centrally.
Year (April – March) | (a) Directly | (b) Contracted Basis | Total | |
Employees | Environment Agency Staff | Contractors | ||
2010/11 | 11,690 | 217 | 135 | 12,042 |
2011/12 | 11,471 | 554 | 142 | 12,167 |
2012/13 | 12,295 | 542 | 241 | 13,078 |
2013/14 | 10,758 | 225 | 119 | 11,102 1 |
2014/15 | 10,248 | 357 | 158 | 10,763 |
2015/16 | 10,249 | 283 | 406 | 10,938 |
2016/17 | 10,706 | 190 | 639 | 11,535 2 |
2017/18 | 10,019 | 231 | 336 | 10,586 3 |
1 Creation of Natural Resources Wales, 1 April 2013.
2 Digital, Data and Technology Services requirement increased resulting in higher use of contractors. Recruitment into Flood and Coastal Risk Management following winter 2015/16 flooding and receipt of additional funding.
3 Transfer of Corporate Services staff (including IT contractors) out of Environment Agency into Defra group.