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Coastal Erosion: Hemsby

Commons · Question 101562 · Tabled 18 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 6 Jan 2026

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Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the cost-benefit ratio in relation to (a) maintaining current shoreline management policy outcomes at Hemsby and (b) alternative policies involving addi

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 6 Jan 2026

Great Yarmouth Borough Council are the Risk Management Authority (RMA) for the Hemsby area. They are best placed, using local knowledge and data, to undertake detailed assessments of risk management options along with their costs and benefits. In 2018/19,...