Dear Ms Davis,

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Thank you for your request for information about performance-related pay schemes in Defra, which we received on 19 November. We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

As required by the legislation, we aim to answer your request within 20 working days from the date we received it. If for any reason we are unable to meet this deadline we will keep you fully informed of the reasons for this.

If you have any queries about this letter please contact me.

Yours sincerely

Richard Parmenter

Direct Line 020 7270 8224

Fax 020 7270 8386

Email [email address]

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

3 - 8 Whitehall Place

London SW1A 2HH

Telephone 08459 33 55 77

Website www.defra.gov.uk