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...