Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 57092

Flood Control: Finance

Tabled: 3 June 2025

Answered: 11 June 2025

Question

Patrick Spencer

Independent — Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to councils in England to carry out recommendations of flood investigation reports under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010

Answer

Emma Hardy

Under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, lead local flood authorities must investigate flood incidents to the extent that they consider it necessary or appropriate, publish the results and notify relevant risk management authorities. T...

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