Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 112919

Flood Control: Finance

Tabled: 11 February 2026
Answered: 25 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal DemocratTaunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate the Environment Agency has made of the annual funding required to maintain all flood defence assets at their target condition grade, and what the actual expenditure has b

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Environment Agency’s (EA) Flood and Coastal Risk Management (FCRM) assets play a critical role protecting communities from the impacts of flooding. The EA has an annual programme of around 110,000 asset inspections, which can increase in-year to 165,0...

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