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==Background==
 
==Background==
  
Defra's websites state its three main objectives as follows, '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'.<ref>The Defra website [http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/what-do-we-do/objectives08.htm What do we do - our objectives in detail], Defra, 19 December 2008, accesed 11th February 2009</ref>
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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'.<ref>The Defra website [http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/what-do-we-do/objectives08.htm What do we do - our objectives in detail], Defra, 19 December 2008, accessed 11th February 2009</ref>
 
 
==Funding and finances==
 
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
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*[[Tom Taylor]], Finance Director  
 
*[[Tom Taylor]], Finance Director  
 
*Sir [[Tony Hawkhead]] CBE, Non-executive board member  
 
*Sir [[Tony Hawkhead]] CBE, Non-executive board member  
 
====Chief Scientific Adviser====
 
*Professor [[Ian Boyd]] <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/ian-boyd Defra Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Ian Boyd], DEFRA, acc 27 May 2014 </ref>
 
*Sir [[Bob Watson]] FRS
 
  
 
=====Prior to May 2010=====
 
=====Prior to May 2010=====
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*[[Peter Unwin]] Director General, Natural Environment Group
 
*[[Peter Unwin]] Director General, Natural Environment Group
 
*[[Ian Watt]] Director General, Finance and Commercial
 
*[[Ian Watt]] Director General, Finance and Commercial
*[[Professor Robert Watson]] Chief Scientific Adviser
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*Professor [[Robert Watson]] Chief Scientific Adviser
  
==Affiliations==  
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====Chief Scientific Adviser====
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*Professor [[Ian Boyd]] <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/ian-boyd Defra Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Ian Boyd], DEFRA, acc 27 May 2014 </ref>
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*Sir [[Bob Watson]] FRS
  
===Subsidiaries===
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==Consultancies==
  
==Publications==
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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. <ref> [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140428/text/140428w0003.htm 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] </ref>
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==Contact details, Resources, Notes==
 
==Contact details, Resources, Notes==
 
===Contact===
 
===Contact===

Revision as of 08:44, 27 May 2014

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 2013

  • Owen Paterson MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • George Eustice MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for farming, food and marine environment
  • 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

Management

Prior to May 2010

Management Board

Chief Scientific Adviser

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. [3]

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

  1. The Defra website What do we do - our objectives in detail, Defra, 19 December 2008, accessed 11th February 2009
  2. Defra Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Ian Boyd, DEFRA, acc 27 May 2014
  3. 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]