Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 50986
Floods: Housing
Tabled: 8 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a comparative assessment of the number of houses at risk of (a) surface water and (b) all other flooding in (i) the UK and (ii) the G7 in the last 10 years.
Answer
Emma HardyFlood risk management is a devolved matter. In England, the Environment Agency’s latest National Flood Risk Assessment published in 2024 estimates that around 6.3 million properties are in areas at risk of flooding from one or a combination of sources: ri...
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