Written questions

Fisheries: Civil Servants

Commons · Question 34339 · Tabled 27 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 6 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Steve Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time-equivalent civil servants are working on trading corporation agreements with the fishing industry.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 6 Mar 2025

There are no civil servants working on trading corporation agreements. The Defra EU negotiations team of 12.2 full-time-equivalent civil servants works on implementing the Fisheries Heading of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), amongst other...