| Heading: |
Flood Control: Finance |
| Question ID: |
1758327 |
| UIN: |
25998 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4107 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dame Harriett Baldwin
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| Asking Member handle: |
hbaldwin
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@hbaldwin
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency's National Assessment of Flood Risk, published in December 2024, whether he plans to request an 88% increase in the budget for flood defences f |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-31 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
The Environment Agency’s (EA) National Assessment of Flood risk report is not directly comparable with previous assessments due to improvements in modelling. Protecting communities around the country from flooding is one of the Secretary of State’s five c... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |