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Flood Control: Finance

Commons · Question 82195 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to allocate funding for rainwater management strategies in the Autumn Budget 2025.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 21 Oct 2025

The Chancellor will set out any new policy at the Autumn Budget in the usual way. The Government is already investing a record £10.5bn to build new flood defences and repair existing defences. This is the largest flood programme in history and will protec...