Environment Agency: Finance
Commons · Question 16435 · Tabled 26 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of trends in the levels of real terms funding to the Environment Agency between 2010 and 2024.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Dec 2024
Environment Agency (EA) funding is closely monitored to ensure that the EA can carry out its duties and functions effectively. Since 2010-11, the EA’s funding has risen from £1.3 billion to £2.1 billion in 2024-25. This is a real terms increase of just ov...