Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 117057

Conveyancing: Floods

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal DemocratSouth Cotswolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of risk assessments undertaken in relation to house purchases that consider climate change, in particular with regard to the disclosur

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Flood risk assessments used in property transactions are typically drawn from environmental searches obtained through commercial search organisations. The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) is the leading trade association for search organis...

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