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Ministerial department of the UK Government
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra ) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom . It is responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture , fisheries and rural communities in the entire United Kingdom. Concordats set out agreed frameworks for co operation, between it and the Scottish Government ,[2] Welsh Government [3] Northern Ireland Executive ,[4]
Defra also leads for the United Kingdom on agricultural, fisheries and environmental matters in international negotiations on sustainable development and climate change, although a new Department of Energy and Climate Change was created on 3 October 2008 to take over the last responsibility; later transferred to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy following Theresa May 's appointment as Prime Minister in July 2016.
Creation [ edit ]
The department was formed in June 2001, under the leadership of Margaret Beckett , when the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) was merged with part of the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) and with a small part of the Home Office .
It was created after the perceived failure of MAFF to deal adequately with an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease . The department had about 9,000 core personnel, as of January 2008[update] [5]
In October 2008, the climate team at Defra was merged with the energy team from the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), to create the Department of Energy and Climate Change , then headed by Ed Miliband .[6]
Ministers [ edit ]
Defra ministers are as follows, with cabinet members in bold:[7]
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Portrait
Office
Portfolio
The Rt Hon. Steve Barclay MP Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Strategy and overall responsibility for departmental policy; water quality and security; food production and security; economic growth; international relations; senior appointments.
The Rt Hon. Mark Spencer MP Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries
Farming; food; fisheries; agri-science and innovation; trade; lead for Rural Payments Agency (RPA), Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), Marine Management Organisation (MMO), Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), and the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA)
The Rt Hon. Lord Benyon PC Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy
Held jointly with the FCDO . The Minister's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs responsibilities include:
International nature and wildlife; oceans, domestic and international marine; green finance; Defra official development assistance (ODA) programme; lead for Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Rebecca Pow MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Nature
Floods; water; resources and waste; air quality and noise; environment regulation, including chemicals; lead for Environment Agency (EA )
Robbie Moore MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Water and Rural Growth
Domestic natural environment, wildlife and land use; climate change adaptation; tree planting and forestry; landscapes, including National Parks and AONBs; access including rights of way and coastal paths; lead for Natural England, Forestry Commission and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)
The Rt Hon. Lord Douglas-Miller
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare
Biosecurity and borders; Northern Ireland; animal welfare[8]
The Permanent Secretary is Tamara Finkelstein , who replaced Clare Moriarty in 2019.[9] [10]
Responsibilities [ edit ]
Defra is responsible for British Government policy in the following areas[11]
Agriculture
Air quality
Animal health and animal welfare
Biodiversity
Conservation
Chemical substances and pesticides
Fisheries
Flooding
Food
Forestry
Hunting
Inland waterways
Land management
Marine policy
National parks
Noise
Plant health
Rural development
Sustainable development
Trade and the environment
Waste management
Water management
Some policies apply to England alone due to devolution , while others are not devolved and therefore apply to the United Kingdom as a whole.
Executive agencies [ edit ]
The department's executive agencies are:[12]
Key delivery partners [ edit ]
The department's key delivery partners are:[15]
A full list of departmental delivery and public bodies may be found on the Defra website.[18]
Defra in the English regions [ edit ]
A Countryside Stewardship Scheme sign near a new stile a Cratfield, Suffolk
Policies for environment, food and rural affairs are delivered in the regions by Defra's executive agencies and delivery bodies, in particular Natural England , the Rural Payments Agency , Animal Health and the Marine Management Organisation .
Defra provides grant aid to the following flood and coastal erosion risk management operating authorities :
Aim and strategic priorities [ edit ]
Defra's overarching aim is sustainable development, which is defined as "development which enables all people throughout the world to satisfy their basic needs and enjoy a better quality of life without compromising the quality of life of future generations." The Secretary of State wrote in a letter to the Prime Minister that he saw Defra's mission as enabling a move toward what the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has called "one planet living".[19]
Under this overarching aim, Defra has five strategic priorities:[20]
Defra Headquarters are at 2, Marsham Street , London.[21] Smith Square , London.[22]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Budget 2011 (PDF) . London: HM Treasury. 2011. p. 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011 .
^ "Devolution - Main Concordat between the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Scottish Executive" . Defra . 11 November 1999. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009.
^ "Concordat between MAFF and the Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales" . Defra . 24 October 2000. Archived from the original on 23 February 2006.
^ "Devolution: Subject specific Concordat between MAFF and the Scottish Executive on fisheries" . Defra . 11 November 1999. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008.
^ "Defra departmental report" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2008.[dead link
^ Harrabin, Roger (3 October 2008). "Marrying energy demand and supply" . BBC News . Retrieved 22 May 2009 .
^ Open Government Licence : "Our ministers" . GOV.UK . Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Retrieved 14 October 2022 .
^ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare) - GOV.UK" . www.gov.uk . Retrieved 7 December 2023 .
^ [1 ] , Defra
^ "Appointment of new Permanent Secretary at Defra" . GOV.UK . 19 June 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2019 .
^ "Cabinet Office List of Ministerial Responsibilities, July 2010" . Cabinetoffice.gov.uk. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2011 .
^ "List of ministerial responsibilities (including Executive Agencies and Non-Ministerial Departments)" (PDF) . Retrieved 18 November 2011 .
^ "DEFRA Agencies shake-up" , news release by Defra, 29 June 2010 (from the Defra website)
^ "Launch of Animal Health" Archived 22 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine , news release by Animal Health, 2 April 2007 (from the Defra website)
^ "Working with others: Defra's delivery partners" Archived 5 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine , Chapter 6, Departmental Report 2006 (from the Defra website)
^ "Marine Management Organisation established" Archived 2 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine , press release by Defra, 1 April 2010 (from the Defra website.
^ "New champion for the environment launches" . Natural England . 11 October 2006. Archived from the original on 10 June 2007.
^ "Delivery Landscape Map" . Defra . 20 April 2007. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007.
^ Miliband, David (11 July 2006). "My priorities for Defra" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2007.
^ "Delivering the Essentials of Life: Defra's Five Year Strategy" (PDF) . Defra. December 2004. "Annex B". Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2007.
^ "Defra staff set for Marsham Street move as leases expire" . Civil Service World . 24 June 2020.
^ "London Nobel House DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS" . governmentbuildings.co.uk .
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