§ The Minister of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Lord Rooker)My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
North Cornwall District Council experienced exceptional flooding and consequential damage on 16 August 2004. Given these circumstances I am satisfied that financial assistance under the Bellwin 20WS scheme is justified. A scheme will therefore be established under Section 155 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989. Grant will be paid to the authority to cover 85 per cent of the eligible costs above a threshold, which it has incurred in dealing with the flooding.