Flood Control
Commons · Question 24334 · Tabled 15 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Julia Buckley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Executive Summary of his Department's policy paper entitled Flood and coastal erosion risk management: An investment plan for 2021 to 2027, published on 29 July 2
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 27 Jan 2025
We have inherited a floods investment programme which is behind schedule due to the impacts of inflation, the covid pandemic and skills and labour shortages. To ensure we protect the country from the devastating impacts of flooding, we will invest £2.4 bi...