Departmental Manpower
Environment Food and Rural Affairs
Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many speechwriters her Department employs at each pay grade.
Richard Benyon (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Natural Environment and Fisheries), Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Newbury, Conservative)
DEFRA employs one member of staff who writes speeches for Ministers, along with other duties. Her pay grade is Senior Information Officer.