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Floods: Home Insurance

Commons · Question 8677 · Tabled 11 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 18 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Ben Spencer

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the provisions of Flood:Re beyond 2039.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 18 Oct 2024

Flood Re is a flood re-insurance scheme that aims to ensure UK householders living in properties at high risk of flooding can access affordable home insurance. The scheme is due to end in 2039, at which point the aim is for the market to offer affordable ...