Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 101569
Coastal Areas: Finance
Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 6 January 2026
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of how her Department's proposed funding reforms will impact coastal communities with high proportions of (a) small businesses, (b) seasonal tourism employ
Answer
Emma HardyOn 14 October 2025, following consultation, the Government announced major changes to its flood and coastal erosion funding policy. The reforms will make it quicker and easier to deliver flood defences by simplifying our funding rules, and optimising fund...
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