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Coastal Erosion: Finance

Commons · Question 12433 · Tabled 23 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 29 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency plans to update the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Grant in Aid funding calculator to better account for the specific needs of coastal communi

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 29 Jun 2026

In October 2025 we reformed our flood and coastal erosion risk management funding policy, making it quicker and easier to deliver the right flood defences in the right places by simplifying our funding rules. The current methods for assessing funding elig...