Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 112549

Environment Agency: Finance

Tabled: 10 February 2026
Answered: 23 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal DemocratHenley and Thame

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her department will confirm plans for the Environment Agency to hold a separate, stand alone bridges construction and maintenance budget to run alongside budgets for Locks & Weirs

Answer

Emma Hardy
Environment Agency owned bridges along the non-tidal Thames are part of the overall Navigation infrastructure. Construction and maintenance allocations for the Environment Agency’s Navigation assets has already been set for the current Spending Review pe...

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