Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 24519

Agriculture: Floods

Tabled: 16 January 2025
Answered: 29 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support farmers affected by flooding who have not received payments under the Farming Recovery Fund.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Government inherited flood assets in their worst condition on record following years of underinvestment by the previous Government – only 92% of the Environment Agency’s 38,000 high consequence assets are currently at required condition. To ensure we ...
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