The Environment Agency delivers flood risk management, environmental regulation and other environmental services across England and Wales. Its staff of just over 11,500 operate out of local offices and a number of depots and sites. The Environment Agency’s Head Office is in Bristol, with a further office at Millbank in London. The nature of the work of the Chairman, Chief Executive and Directors requires a significant degree of travel in England and Wales, with early starts and late finishes necessitating overnight stays.
So that the Environment Agency can remain effectively networked with the European Commission and environmental regulators in other countries, some foreign travel is required.
To minimise carbon emissions, travel in the UK is mostly undertaken using public transport, with best value delivered both for travel and for hotel accommodation through the Environment Agency’s procurement contracts.
The travel and subsistence costs for the period 1 July 2011 to 30 September 2011 are given below for the Chairman, Chief Executive and Directors and Board members.
Lord Chris Smith, Chairman
- Travel – UK: £833.74
- Travel – Foreign: £89.51
Total costs: £923.25
Paul Leinster, Chief Executive
- Travel – UK: £1,407.57
- Accommodation and Subsistence – UK: £502.95
Total costs: £1,910.52
David Jordan, Director of Operations
- Travel – UK: £2,528.38
- Accommodation and Subsistence – UK : £638.80
Total costs: £3,167.18
Miranda Kavanagh, Director of Evidence
- Travel – UK: £2,419.59
- Accommodation and Subsistence – UK: £1,245.94
Total costs: £3,665.53
Graham Ledward, Director of Resources
- Travel – UK: £889.47
- Accommodation and Subsistence – UK: £1,068.50
Total costs: £1,957.97
Mark McLaughlin, Director of Finance
- Travel – UK: £1,247.26
- Accommodation and Subsistence – UK: £835.25
Total costs: £2,082.51
Jonathan Robinson, Director of Legal Services
- Travel – UK: £1,422.07
- Accommodation and Subsistence – UK: £759.57
Total costs: £2,181.64
Ed Mitchell, Director of Environment and Business
Total costs: £2,820.76
David Rooke, Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management (from May 2010)
- Travel – UK: £5,491.88
- Accommodation and Subsistence – UK: £1,972.29
Total costs: £7,464.17
Other Board Members
The costs incurred by all other Environment Agency Board members (total of 12) during the period were as follows:
- Travel – UK: £6,554.98
- Accommodation and Subsistence – UK: £2,124.64
Total costs: £8,679.62
Footnote
The expenditure shown is (where relevant) inclusive of VAT paid. As the Environment Agency is able to recover VAT payments from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs the actual costs to the Agency are therefore less than the stated amounts to that extent.
