Written questions

Floods: North Yorkshire

Commons · Question 19466 · Tabled 11 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 19 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Tom Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidents of flooding have been reported in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency and (b) North Yorkshire in the last 12 months.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 19 Dec 2024

The Government inherited flood assets in their worst condition on record following years of underinvestment by the previous Government - 92.1% of the Environment Agency’s 38,000 high consequence assets are currently at required condition Lead Local Flood ...