Written questions

Flood Control: Finance

Commons · Question 24333 · Tabled 15 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 21 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Julia Buckley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding he has allocated to flood resilience projects this financial year; and how much of that funding is dedicated to flood risk mitigation for communities in high-risk floo

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 21 Jan 2025

Investment in flood risk management schemes takes place where the risk is highest, wherever it is across the country. Each scheme is carefully considered to where it will benefit the most people and property. To ensure we protect the country from the deva...