Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 24334

Flood Control

Tabled: 15 January 2025
Answered: 27 January 2025

Question

Julia Buckley

LabourShrewsbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Executive Summary of his Department's policy paper entitled Flood and coastal erosion risk management: An investment plan for 2021 to 2027, published on 29 July 2

Answer

Emma Hardy
We have inherited a floods investment programme which is behind schedule due to the impacts of inflation, the covid pandemic and skills and labour shortages. To ensure we protect the country from the devastating impacts of flooding, we will invest £2.4 bi...

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