Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 37093
Environment Agency: Finance
Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 13 March 2025
Named DayQuestion
Freddie van Mierlo
Liberal Democrat — Henley and Thame
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the new legal and financial processes required for a partnership funding model for Environment Agency projects.
Answer
Emma HardyThe Government inherited an outdated funding formula for allocating money to proposed flood defences. Established in 2011, the existing formula slows down the delivery of new flood schemes through a complex application process and also neglects more innov...
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