Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the pay ratio was between the highest paid member of staff in his Department and the lowest in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
The pay ratio between the highest paid member of staff and the lowest in Defra was 9:1 in 2020 and 8.88:1 in 2021. Pay awards for 2022 have not yet been implemented in Defra.