The following table shows the number of press officers and media relations staff employed by DEFRA and its agencies in the past two financial years. Information for earlier years and for DEFRA’s NDPBs could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Department/agency 2007-08 2008-09 DEFRA 20 15 Animal Health 0.25 0.25 Central Science Laboratory 0 0 Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 1 1 Government Decontamination Service 0 0 Marine and Fisheries Agency 0.1 0.1 Rural Payments Agency1 1 1 Veterinary Laboratories Agency 0 0 Veterinary Medicines Agency 0 0 1 RPA employed agency people during the period and their role included communications tasks outside the specific press office/media function.