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20-September-2008 09:29:04 - for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Defra - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Defra is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in Britain. Concordats set out agreed frameworks for co-operation between it and the Scottish Government1 and the Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales,2 which have devolved responsibilities for these matters in their respective nations. Defra also leads for the UK at the EU on agricultural, fisheries and environment matters and in other international negotiations on sustainable development and climate change. It 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. The department 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 2008.3 The department's main building is Nobel House in Smith Square, SW1. Contents 1 Ministers 2 Permanent Secretary 3 Executive agencies 4 Key delivery partners 5 Defra in the regions 6 Aim and strategic priorities 7 See also 8 External links 9 References Ministers United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the United Kingdom Government Sovereign Queen Elizabeth II The Crown The Privy Council Cabinet Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP Chancellor Alistair Darling MP Foreign Secretary David Miliband MP Home Secretary Jacqui Smith MP Justice Secretary Jack Straw MP Full list of members Parliament State Opening of Parliament Act of Parliament House of Lords Lord Speaker Baroness Hayman House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin MP Leader Harriet Harman MP Prime Minister's Questions Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition Leader David Cameron MP Shadow Cabinet Judiciary Courts of the United Kingdom Courts of England and Wales Courts of Northern Ireland Courts of Scotland Constitution Human rights Constituent countries Politics of England English Regional Assemblies Greater London Authority Politics of Scotland Scottish Government Scottish Parliament Politics of Wales Welsh Assembly Government National Assembly for Wales Politics of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Executive Northern Ireland Assembly Reserved matters Elections Parliament constituencies Political parties Last election Next election Foreign Policy Foreign relations Politics of the European Union Other countries · Atlas Politics Portal view talk After the 2005 General Election, the Ministry was restructured, with one fewer Ministers of State and one further Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State but this reverted after a reshuffle in May 2006. The current make-up of the department's ministers is:4 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - The Rt Hon. Hilary Benn, MP Minister of State for Sustainable Food, Farming and Animal Health - The Rt Hon. The Lord Rooker Minister of State for the Environment - Phil Woolas, MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Joan Ruddock, MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for the South-East - Jonathan Shaw, MP Permanent Secretary Helen Ghosh is the current Permanent Secretary. The Permanent Secretary is Head of the Department and also Principal Accounting Officer. She has personal responsibility for the overall organisation, management and staffing of the Department and for Department-wide procedures in financial and other matters. Executive agencies The executive agencies are:5 Animal Health launched on 2 April 2007, formerly the State Veterinary Service6 Central Science Laboratory Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Government Decontamination Service Marine and Fisheries Agency Pesticides Safety Directorate Rural Payments Agency Veterinary Laboratories Agency Veterinary Medicines Directorate Key delivery partners The key delivery partners are:7 British Waterways Environment Agency Forestry Commission Natural England launched on 11 October 2006, formerly English Nature and elements of the Countryside Agency and the Rural Development Service.8 A full list of departmental delivery and public bodies may be found on the Defra website.9 Defra in the regions 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, the Marine and Fisheries Agency and the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate. Increasingly, a range of policies are communicated locally by Government Offices for English Regions.10 Defra provides grant aid to the following flood and coastal erosion risk management operating authorities: Environment Agency Internal Drainage Boards local authorities Aim and strategic priorities 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.11 Under this overarching aim, Defra has five strategic priorities:12 Climate change and energy. Sustainable consumption and production, including responsibility for the National Waste Strategy. Protecting the countryside and natural resource protection. Sustainable rural communities. A sustainable farming and food sector including animal health and welfare. See also Compilation of atmospheric dispersion models Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Northern Ireland Energy policy in the United Kingdom Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom Environmental contract New Technologies Demonstrator Programme UK Dispersion Modelling Bureau United Kingdom budget Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department Waste Implementation Programme Cattle Health Initiative External links Defra's official website English Nature's website JNCC's website Defra's wiki for formulating an environmental contract References ^ Concordat between MAFF and the Scottish Executive. ^ Concordat between MAFF and the Cabinet of the National Assembly for Wales. ^ Defra departmental report. ^ Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Ministers. ^ Defra's Executive Agencies, Chapter 5, Departmental Report 2006 from the Defra website ^ Launch of Animal Health, news release by Animal Health, 2 April 2007 from the Defra website ^ Working with others: Defra's delivery partners, Chapter 6, Departmental Report 2006 from the Defra website ^ New champion for the environment launches, press release by Natural England, 11 October 2006 from the Natural England website ^ Delivery Landscape Map. ^ Government Offices for the English Regions from the Government Offices website ^ My priorities for Defra, David Miliband's letter to the Prime Minister, 11 July 2006 ^ Delivering the Essentials of Life: Defra's Five Year Strategy, Annex B v d e Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the United Kingdom Headquarters: Noble House, Smith Square Ministers Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Minister of State for Sustainable Food, Farming and Animal Health · Minister of State for the Environment · 2 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State Executive agencies Animal Health · Central Science Laboratory · Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science · Government Decontamination Service · Marine and Fisheries Agency · Rural Payments Agency · Veterinary Laboratories Agency · Veterinary Medicines Directorate Non-Departmental Public Bodies British Potato Council · Gangmasters Licensing Authority · Joint Nature Conservation Committee · Commission for Rural Communities · Consumer Council for Water · Meat and Livestock Commission · Natural England · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution · Sustainable Development Commission · Sea Fish Industry Authority v d e Departments of the United Kingdom Government Ministerial departments Attorney General's Office · Cabinet Office · Communities and Local Government · Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform · Department for Children, Schools and Families · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills · Department for International Development · Department for Transport · Department for Work and Pensions · Department of Health · Foreign and Commonwealth Office · Government Equalities Office · HM Treasury · Home Office · Ministry of Defence · Ministry of Justice · Northern Ireland Office · Office of the Leader of the House of Commons · Scotland Office · Wales Office Non-ministerial departments Charity Commission for England and Wales · Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt · Crown Estate · Crown Prosecution Service · Export Crs Guarantee Department · Food Standards Agency · Forestry Commission · Government Actuary's Department · HM Revenue and Customs · National School of Government · Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills · Office of Fair Trading · Gas and Electricity Markets Authority · Office of Rail Regulation · Parliamentary Counsel Office · Postal Services Commission · Public Works Loan Board · Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office · Serious Fraud Office · UK Statistics Authority · UK Trade Investment · Water Services Regulation Authority Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Department_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs Categories: Agriculture in England | Air dispersion modeling | Environment of England | Energy in the United Kingdom | UK waste legislation | Waste organisations | Fisheries ministries | Agriculture ministries | Environment ministries | Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs United Kingdom | Ministerial departments of the United Kingdom Government Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages Cymraeg Français Norsk bokmål Svenska This page was last modified on 24 July 2008, at 22:43
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