Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 96648

Flood Control: Expenditure

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Dame Harriett Baldwin

ConservativeWest Worcestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, further to her answer to Q92990 if she can break down the annual expenditure and the total £4.2 billion into capital and revenue.

Answer

Emma Hardy
As part of the Government’s Plan for Change, we are investing £4.2 billion over three years (2026/27 to 2028/29) to construct new flood and coastal erosion schemes and maintain and repair existing defences across the country.This is £1.4 billion on averag...

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