The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom, responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in England. It works through concordats with the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, which hold devolved responsibility for these matters in their own nations.
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Defra administers England's Environmental Land Management schemes, the domestic replacement for European Union Common Agricultural Policy subsidy payments after the United Kingdom left the EU.
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom.
History section, article wikitext
The department was formed in June 2001, under the leadership of Margaret Beckett, when the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) was merged with part of the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR) and with a small part of the Home Office.
Headquarters section, article wikitext
Defra's headquarters are at 2, Marsham Street, London.
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is a ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom, responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in England.
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