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==People== | ==People== | ||
===Ministers=== | ===Ministers=== | ||
| − | *[[Elizabeth Truss]] MP | + | *[[Elizabeth Truss]] MP - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 2014 |
| − | *[[ | + | *[[George Eustice]] MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for farming, food and marine environment since 2014 |
| − | + | *[[Rory Stewart]] MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary since 2015 | |
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====Previous Ministers==== | ====Previous Ministers==== | ||
| − | *[[Owen Paterson]] MP | + | *[[Owen Paterson]] MP - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| + | *[[Lord de Mauley]] - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for natural environment and science | ||
| + | *[[Dan Rogerson]] MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for water, forestry, rural affairs and resource management 2013-2015 | ||
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| + | ===Special advisers=== | ||
| + | *[[Emma Boon]] | ||
| + | *[[Guy Robinson]] | ||
====Management==== | ====Management==== | ||
Revision as of 14:19, 17 July 2015
Background
Defra's website states its three main objectives as: 'Secure a healthy natural environment for us all and deal with environmental risks; promote a sustainable, low-carbon and resource-efficient economy; ensure a thriving farming sector and a sustainable, healthy and secure food supply'.[1]
People
Ministers
- Elizabeth Truss MP - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 2014
- George Eustice MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for farming, food and marine environment since 2014
- Rory Stewart MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary since 2015
Previous Ministers
- Owen Paterson MP - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Lord de Mauley - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for natural environment and science
- Dan Rogerson MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for water, forestry, rural affairs and resource management 2013-2015
Special advisers
Management
- Bronwyn Hill CBE, Permanent Secretary
- Professor Ian Boyd, Defra Chief Scientific Adviser
- Alastair Bridges, Finance Director
- Nick Joicey, Director General, Strategy, International and Biosecurity
- Betsy Bassis, Director General, Chief Operating Officer
- Sonia Phippard, Director General, Policy Delivery Group
- Catherine Doran, Non-executive board member
- Iain Ferguson, Non-executive board member
- Sir Tony Hawkhead CBE, Non-executive board member
- Paul Rew, Non-executive board member
Prior to 2015
- Michael Seals MBE, Chairman, Animal Health and Welfare Board
- Martin Nesbit, Director General, Strategy, Evidence and Customers
- Ian Trenholm, Director General, Chief Operating Officer
- Peter Unwin, Director General, Policy Delivery Group
- Tom Taylor, Finance Director
Prior to May 2010
- The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, appointed 28th June 2007
- Jane Kennedy Minister of State
- Lord Hunt Minister of State
- Huw Irranca-Davies MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Management Board
- Helen Ghosh Permanent Secretary, Chair of Management Board
- Bill Stow Director General, Strategy and Evidence Group
- Katrina Williams Director General, Food and Farming Group
- Gill Aitken Solicitor and Director General, Legal Services
- Peter Unwin Director General, Natural Environment Group
- Ian Watt Director General, Finance and Commercial
- Professor Robert Watson Chief Scientific Adviser
Chief Scientific Adviser
- Professor Ian Boyd [2]
- Sir Robert Watson FRS
Press and comms staff
- Oliver Claydon, press officer for Defra, previously worked for PR and lobbying firm Bell Pottinger Private and as a communications secondee to top legal firm Berwin Leighton Paisner [3]
Department organogram
Accessible at: http://reference.data.gov.uk/gov-structure/organogram/?dept=defra&post=1 Shows grade and pay of key staff.
Consultancies
In 2012-13 law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer was ranked second out of the top 10 consultancies used by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which paid FBD £587,922 in 2012-13. [4]
Contact details, Resources, Notes
Contact
- Address: Defra, Customer Contact Unit, Eastbury House, 30 - 34 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TL
- Contact Defra's Ministers: Defra, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3JR,
- Phone: 08459 33 55 77
- Fax: Customer Contact Unit 020 7238 2188
- Website: http://www.defra.gov.uk/
External Resources
Notes
- ↑ The Defra website What do we do - our objectives in detail, Defra, 19 December 2008, accessed 11th February 2009
- ↑ Defra Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Ian Boyd, DEFRA, acc 27 May 2014
- ↑ Oliver Claydon, LinkedIn profile, accessed 28 October 2014
- ↑ Consultants, Written Answers, Commons Debates, Hansard, undated, Chris Leslie: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid. [195574]
