Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 65129

Flood Control: Ryde

Tabled: 4 July 2025
Answered: 9 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Environment Agency has made on its investigation into the flooding in Ryde in October 2023.

Answer

Emma Hardy
On becoming aware of a flood in its area, a lead local flood authority (LLFA) must investigate to the extent it considers it necessary or appropriate. This duty comes under section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. When a LLFA undertakes an i...

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