Flood Control: Finance
Commons · Question 112870 · Tabled 11 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her letter to the Environmental Audit Committee dated 30 January 2026, what steps she is taking to increase funding for flood risk management in local authority areas
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 24 Feb 2026
Delivering on the Plan for Change, this Government is investing at least £10.5 billion until 2036 to construct new flood schemes and repair existing defences. In October 2025 the Government announced major changes to its flood and coastal erosion funding ...