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Environment Agency: Finance

Commons · Question 112549 · Tabled 10 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her department will confirm plans for the Environment Agency to hold a separate, stand alone bridges construction and maintenance budget to run alongside budgets for Locks & Weirs

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 23 Feb 2026

Environment Agency owned bridges along the non-tidal Thames are part of the overall Navigation infrastructure. Construction and maintenance allocations for the Environment Agency’s Navigation assets has already been set for the current Spending Review pe...