Defra - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Government department
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a department of His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in the... Wikipedia
Department executive: Tamara Finkelstein, Permanent Secretary
Annual budget: £2.2 billion (current) & £400 million (capital) for 2011-12
Formed: 2001; 23 years ago
Headquarters: 2 Marsham Street, London
Jurisdiction: Government of the United Kingdom
Preceding agencies: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Secretary of State responsible: The Rt Hon. Steve Barclay MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs