Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 195088

Floods: Emergency Services

Tabled: 19 July 2023
Answered: 7 September 2023

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

Labour — Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has taken steps to establish (a) programmes and (b) facilities for training emergency services on flooding and flood resilience.

Answer

The Environment Agency is actively engaged in partnership working with the emergency services and the military to ensure resilience and a readiness to respond to all environmental emergencies, including flooding. Environment Agency teams carry out joint t...
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