Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 3845

Flood Control: Finance

Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 10 September 2024

Question

Shaun Davies

LabourTelford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what weighting (a) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency give to world heritage site status when determining funding for flood defences.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The impacts of coastal erosion and flooding on heritage assets are included in the economic impacts assessment for flood and coastal erosion schemes. Last year, the Environment Agency published the Environment and Historic Environment Outcomes Valuation G...

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