Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80484

Floods: Insurance

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 15 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal DemocratTaunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of residential properties built after 1 January 2009 in designated flood risk areas that are ineligible for support under the Flood

Answer

Emma Hardy
Flood Re does not apply to homes built after 2009, as that would be inconsistent with current planning policy. Planning policy is clear that inappropriate development in floodplains should be avoided. Where development is necessary in a flood risk area, i...

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