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 in the Environment Agency's legal services team in each year since 2015.
The data in relation to Environment Agency Legal Services full-time equivalent numbers is detailed below:
| Legal Services |
Mar-15 | 137.1 |
Mar-16 | 144.6 |
Mar-17 | 136.8 |
Mar-18 | 137.8 |
Mar-19 | 141.5 |
Mar-20 | 146.4 |
Mar-21 | 142.7 |
Mar-22 | 137.2 |
Mar-23 | 145.4 |
Jan-24 | 148.4 |