Flood Control: Finance
Commons · Question 59351 · Tabled 12 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the capital budget for flood defences was in each of the last three fiscal years; and what the capital budget for flood defences is for each year of the 2025 Spending Review perio
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 17 Jun 2025
We are investing £2.65 billion over two years in 2024/25 to 2025/26 maintain, repair, and build flood defences. As part of the Government’s Plan for Change, the Spending Review settlement committed a further £4.2 billion total investment over three years ...