Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many frontline flood defence staff were employed by the Environment Agency in each year since 2010-11; and how many such staff are planned to be employed in 2015-16.
The numbers of frontline flood and coastal risk management (FCRM) full time employees (FTEs) in the Environment Agency (England only) for the years 2010-11 to 2014-15 and planned for 2015-16 are shown in the table below.
FCRM Funded FTEs | 10/11 | 11/12 | 12/13 | 13/14 | 14/15 | 15/16 |
FCRM Total | 3473 | 3370 | 3304 | 3215 | 3267 | 3267 |