Flood Control: Finance
Commons · Question 25998 · Tabled 23 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency's National Assessment of Flood Risk, published in December 2024, whether he plans to request an 88% increase in the budget for flood defences f
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 31 Jan 2025
The Environment Agency’s (EA) National Assessment of Flood risk report is not directly comparable with previous assessments due to improvements in modelling. Protecting communities around the country from flooding is one of the Secretary of State’s five c...