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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
15 Jul 2026
Answer
20 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.

  2. 15 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The department employed 51 agency staff in the financial year 2025/26, 23 agency staff in 2024/25, 64 agency staff in 2023/24, 35 agency staff in 2022/23, and 52 agency staff in 2021/22. All headcount figures are as of 31 March of the relevant financial y...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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