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Environment Agency: Flood Control

Commons · Question 64496 · Tabled 2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 8 Jul 2025

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Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency has spent delivering biodiversity net gain (a) above and (b) below mean high water on projects related to flood defence in the latest period for which d

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 8 Jul 2025

The Environment Agency has committed to delivering natural flood management schemes and meeting statutory requirements on habitat creation and biodiversity net gain (BNG), as part of its Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) Programme. This wi...