Flood Control
Commons · Question 8679 · Tabled 11 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Ben Spencer
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement actions relating to flood risk prevention were taken by the Environment Agency in each constituency in 2023.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 21 Oct 2024
The Environment Agency (EA) regulate works in rivers through a permissions-based approach under the Environmental Permitting Regulations. These are referred to as “flood risk activities”. The primary purpose of the regulations is to ensure in-river works ...