Floods
Commons · Question 10155 · Tabled 21 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 25 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 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...