Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 116549

Flood Control

Tabled: 27 February 2026

Answered: 5 March 2026

Question

Layla Moran

Liberal Democrat — Oxford West and Abingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the disaggregation of local authority responsibilities in the context of local government reorganisation on (a) flood

Answer

Emma Hardy

Lead Local Flood Authorities are required, under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, to develop and maintain a strategy for managing local flood risk. They also have a duty to collaborate with other flood risk management authorities and to keep a reg...

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