Written questions

Floods: Planning

Commons · Question 79876 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Public First report entitled From risk to resilience - the case for flood-resilient communities, econ

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 20 Oct 2025

This Government is investing at least a record £10.5 billion until 2036 - the largest flood programme in history which is projected to benefit nearly 900,000 properties. This demonstrates the Government’s commitment to long-term funding as recommended by ...