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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...