Flood Control: Expenditure
Commons · Question 92990 · Tabled 20 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will break down the total £4.2 billion to flood defence spending in the Spending Review 2025 into capital and resource spending.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 26 Nov 2025
As part of the Government’s Plan for Change, we are investing £4.2 billion over three years (2026/27 to 2028/29) to construct new flood and coastal erosion schemes and maintain and repair existing defences across the country.This is £1.4 billion on averag...