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River Thames: Assets

Commons · Question 8233 · Tabled 9 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 16 Oct 2024

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Asked by Ben Spencer

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish an audit of the state of (a) operation and (b) maintenance of publicly owned assets on the River Thames.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 16 Oct 2024

The Environment Agency (EA) manages many of the publicly owned assets along the non-tidal Thames, ranging from flood defences, navigation infrastructure, river gauging stations and some of the Thames Path bridges. These assets are managed in accordance wi...