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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 216871, tabled on 2 December 2014

Question

Maria Eagle
Labour
Garston and Halewood
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many frontline flood defence staff were employed by the Environment Agency in each year since 2010-11; and how many such staff are planned to be employed in 2015-16.

Answer

Dan Rogerson
Liberal Democrat
North Cornwall
Commons

Answered on

10 December 2014

The numbers of frontline flood and coastal risk management (FCRM) full time employees (FTEs) in the Environment Agency (England only) for the years 2010-11 to 2014-15 and planned for 2015-16 are shown in the table below.

FCRM Funded FTEs

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

FCRM Total

3473

3370

3304

3215

3267

3267

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