Question follow-through · 122635
Environment Agency: Legal Profession
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many solicitors were employed by the Environment Agency in the Area facing legal services teams in 2008, 2014, 2020 and 2026.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 23 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
23 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many solicitors were employed by the Environment Agency in the Area facing legal services teams in 2008, 2014, 2020 and 2026.
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2026
Answer published
The table below shows the number of solicitors employed by the Environment Agency in the Area facing legal services teams in 2020 and 2026, and the number of vacant lawyer posts that were being held during these years. The Environment Agency does not hold...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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