Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 85373

Floods

Tabled: 27 October 2025

Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Andrew Ranger

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the areas expected to be at risk of major flooding by 2050; and whether her Department plans to introduce measures to restrict future (a) res

Answer

Emma Hardy

In January 2025, the Environment Agency published the updated National Flood Risk Assessment. With climate change, it is estimated that the number of properties in areas at risk of flooding from rivers and the sea will increase from 2.4 million to around ...

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