Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 27929
Flood Control: Finance
Tabled: 31 January 2025
Answered: 7 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Samantha Niblett
Labour — South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support people affected by flooding caused inadvertently by flood relief schemes.
Answer
Emma HardyWhen building flood defences there is a legal requirement that any development cannot increase the flood risk to communities either upstream or downstream, and if an increase in risk is identified, it must be mitigated.