Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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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'.[1]

Funding and finances

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

Chief Scientific Adviser

Prior to May 2010

Management Board

Affiliations

Subsidiaries

Publications

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, accesed 11th February 2009
  2. Defra Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Ian Boyd, DEFRA, acc 27 May 2014