Flood Control: Rural Areas
Commons · Question 12350 · Tabled 1 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 14 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to provide to help manage the increased flood risk for rural areas prone to (a) river and (b) surface flooding in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 14 Nov 2024
Across England, we will invest £2.4 billion over the next two years to improve flood resilience, by maintaining, repairing and building flood defences. The list of projects to receive Government funding in 2025/26 will be consented over the coming months ...