Flood Control: Tree Planting
Commons · Question 31556 · Tabled 13 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking steps to use the Government's tree planting programme to help tackle down-stream flooding.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 25 Feb 2025
Tree planting along rivers, as well as woodland creation across hill slopes in the wider catchment, can help slow water flow and temporarily store water as part of natural flood management. The England Woodland Creation Offer provides financial support fo...