Floods
Commons · Question 85373 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Ranger
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the areas expected to be at risk of major flooding by 2050; and whether her Department plans to introduce measures to restrict future (a) res
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 3 Nov 2025
In January 2025, the Environment Agency published the updated National Flood Risk Assessment. With climate change, it is estimated that the number of properties in areas at risk of flooding from rivers and the sea will increase from 2.4 million to around ...