Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 24 February 2026.
Gareth Thomas
Labour/Co-operative, Harrow West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether they will require their department and agencies to offer payroll deductions to all employees to enable them to join a credit union.
Angela Eagle
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Defra does not offer a credit unions payroll deduction process to staff. Defra does operate a comprehensive employee benefit offering with access to retail discounts, savings, Cycle to Work schemes, dental and health wellbeing programmes, and has recently launched additional Financial Wellbeing products, accessible through payroll savings, the Government “Help to Save” scheme and access to more affordable borrowing solutions through our benefit partners.
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