Floods: Insurance
Commons · Question 73000 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will consider introducing a reinsurance scheme similar to Flood Re for properties built after 2009.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 8 Sep 2025
Planning policy is clear that that inappropriate development in floodplains should be avoided. Where development is necessary in a flood risk area, it should be made flood resistant, resilient and safe for their lifetime, without increasing flood risk els...