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Commons · Question 10155 · Tabled 21 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 25 Oct 2024

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Asked by Ben Spencer

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Thames Water's operational response to flooding during Storm Henk (a) nationally and (b) in Surrey.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 25 Oct 2024

Storm Henk was the eighth named storm of the 2023/24 flood season, with flood warnings across the country from 02 to 09 January. River flooding impacts were due to heavy rainfall falling on saturated catchments. On 4 January, the impact from flooding in t...