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Flood Control: Dorset

Commons · Question 72159 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2025

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Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Dorset Council and (b) the Environment Agency on potential alternatives to the no active intervention policy for the Charmouth coastlin

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 8 Sep 2025

The Government is investing £36 million in the Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme to support communities, including in Dorset, to explore innovative approaches to adapt to coastal change. The Environment Agency has published updated National Coastal...