Written questions

Flood Control: Finance

Commons · Question 57093 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 11 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Patrick Spencer

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department will allocate to councils in England to carry out recommendations of flood investigation reports under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 11 Jun 2025

Under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, lead local flood authorities must investigate flood incidents to the extent that they consider it necessary or appropriate, publish the results and notify relevant risk management authorities. T...