Asked by: John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the latest estimate is of the Cash Equivalent Transfer Value of the Civil Service pension of his Department’s Second Permanent Secretary and Defra group Chief Operating Officer in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The position of Second Permanent Secretary and Chief Operating Officer was appointed to in July 2023 by his party. The pension cash equivalent transfer values for this position will be published in the 2023/2024 Defra Annual Report and Accounts.
Sep. 19 2024
Source Page: UK Sustainability Reporting StandardsFound: departments and regulators, including: Bank of England Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) Department
Sep. 19 2024
Source Page: General licence for bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccineFound: Gordon Hickman Authorised by the Secretary of State Date: 16 September 2024 EXD568(BT)(E) Department
Sep. 19 2024
Source Page: General licence for bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccineFound: From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Veterinary Medicines Directorate Published
Sep. 18 2024
Source Page: The Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA): making a complaintFound: sent: By email to: asca@defra.gov.uk By post t o: The A gricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator Department
Sep. 18 2024
Source Page: The Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA): making a complaintFound: From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Published 8 July 2024 Last updated
Sep. 18 2024
Source Page: The Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA): making a complaintFound: Acting on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs,
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Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Reform UK - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many positions in his Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such job was in each of those years.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Defra does not routinely collate information on specific words and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost.
Information on spending and staffing can be found in the department's annual report and accounts.
Asked by: Steve Race (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure regulators sponsored by his Department have sufficient resources for enforcement work.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
The department recognises the vital role that regulators play in the context of enforcement. The enforcement powers of bodies such as Ofwat and the Environment Agency are key to ensuring companies meet their obligations across the water and waste sectors in England and Wales. The Water (Special Measures) Bill, which was introduced into Parliament on 4 September, will strengthen the power of the water industry regulators and expand the cost recovery powers available to the regulators, enabling them to recover their costs for enforcement action from water companies.
Officials work closely with Defra’s public bodies throughout each spending review period, to agree enforcement plans and the required resources.