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Coastal Erosion: Insurance

Commons · Question 72162 · 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 he has had with the Environment Agency on the criteria used to select Charmouth as a location for the Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme.

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Answered by Emma Hardy, 8 Sep 2025

The Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme helps communities that cannot sustainably be defended from coastal erosion aiming to support residents and businesses prepare and plan for the long term. In September 2023, Charmouth, West Dorset, was added to ...