3637 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister for the Environment

3637 (2025). Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall to the Minister for the Environment: How many staff were made redundant, if any, in the Minister’s departments, ministries and agencies between 27 November 2023 and 7 February 2025, broken down by district, ethnicity, gender, and any other socioeconomic variable that is collected?

Hon Penny Simmonds: MfE: I am advised 173 staff were made redundant or accepted voluntary redundancy, at the Ministry for the Environment, between 27 November 2023 and 7 February 2025. I refer the Member to the attached tables listing the district, ethnicity, gender, and any other socioeconomic variable that is collected. EPA: Thirteen staff were made redundant in the period between 27 November 2023 and 7 February 2025, broken down by location, gender and ethnicity as denoted in the attached tables.