Subject	Predicate	Object
1Y9r8Lm1	a	Resource
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		Written answer
	answer has question	X8HO7J3V
	answer has answering person	Sue Hayman
	answer text	<p>The Somerset Levels and Moors is a man-made managed drainage system created over many centuries. The area has always been prone to flooding due to its low-lying nature, much of the land sitting below the highest tide levels, and having riverbanks raised above ground level.</p><p> </p><p>Following one of the wettest winters on record, flood risk assets in the Somerset Levels and Moors have, once again, been significantly tested. The Environment Agency (EA) routinely inspects its flood risk assets and undertakes additional post-incident inspections. It reports that 91% of those assets, in this area of interest, are at or above their specified condition.</p><p> </p><p>As with most winters, there are repairs required after high river levels and the associated overflow. The EA is delivering a programme of repairs to reinstate these damaged flood risk assets, bringing them back to target condition.</p>
	answer given date	2024-08-07
	answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	written answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has written answer	1Y9r8Lm1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has answer	1Y9r8Lm1
X8HO7J3V	question has answer	1Y9r8Lm1
Sue Hayman	answering person has answer	1Y9r8Lm1