Defra Company Profile

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Company Name	Defra
Website	defra.gov.uk
Snippet	The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (or, as an acronym, DEFRA) is the government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Concordats set out agreed frameworks for co operation, between it and the Scottish Government,[2] Welsh Government[3] and Northern Ireland Executive,[4] which have devolved responsibilities for these matters in their respective nations.
Formed	2001; 17 years ago (2001)
Country	united kingdom
Founded	2001
Website	defra.gov.uk
Industry	government administration
linkedin	linkedin.com/company/defra
size_range	1001 - 5000
Headquarters	Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London51°29′44″N 0°07′34″W / 51.49556°N 0.12611°W / 51.49556; -0.12611
Jurisdiction	United Kingdom
Annual budget	£2.2 billion (current) & £400 million (capital) for 2011-12[1]
Child agencies	Animal and Plant Health Agency, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Rural Payments Agency, Veterinary Medicines Directorate
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Number of employees	4525
Department executive	Clare Moriarty, Permanent Secretary
Ministers responsible	Rt Hon. Michael Gove, MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice, MP, Minister of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment, Thérèse Coffey, MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment and Rural Life Opportunities, Lord Gardiner of Kimble, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs

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