Agriculture: Floods
Commons · Question 24519 · Tabled 16 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers affected by flooding who have not received payments under the Farming Recovery Fund.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 29 Jan 2025
The Government inherited flood assets in their worst condition on record following years of underinvestment by the previous Government - only 92% of the Environment Agency’s 38,000 high consequence assets are currently at required condition. To ensure we ...