§ Brian CotterTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of information compiled by the insurance industry on flood risk, based upon Environment Agency maps. [64933]
§ Mr. MorleyMinisters, and officials in DEFRA and the Environment Agency are in active discussions with the insurance industry in developing a shared understanding of genuine flood risk. In order to achieve this, DEFRA and the EA are working together to build upon the information provided by the current flood plain maps to include information on present and future flood defences. Once more informative data on risk have been developed it will be shared with the industry so that they may use it when making commercial decisions based on risk assessments. The Department continues to pursue its aim to reduce flood risk including through significant investments in flood alleviation measures.