Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 56013

Floods: Bedfordshire

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many 1 in 100 year flooding events have occurred in Bedfordshire since 2010.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Data on the return period (such as “1 in 100 years”) of recent events is not available as flooding is never consistent and affects communities differently each time. Environment Agency (EA) records show that since 2010, there have been around 10 notable f...
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