Written questions

Land Drainage and Roads: Regulation

Commons · Question 20860 · Tabled 17 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 6 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of existing (a) culvert and (b) land drainage responsibility legislation.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 6 Jan 2025

Defra keeps all legislation under review. Between 2022 and 2024, Defra undertook a review of the statutory powers and responsibilities to map, monitor, inspect and maintain all flood and coastal erosion risk assets, including culverts. This review also co...