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Flood Control: Expenditure

Commons · Question 96648 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, further to her answer to Q92990 if she can break down the annual expenditure and the total £4.2 billion into capital and revenue.

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 10 Dec 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...