Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 23035

Floods: Leicester

Tabled: 9 January 2025
Answered: 14 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support communities affected by recent flooding in Leicester; and whether he plans to make a flood recovery grant available to local authorities.

Answer

Emma Hardy
Protecting communities around the country from flooding is one of the Secretary of State’s five core priorities. This Government will invest £2.4 billion in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to improve flood resilience by maintaining, repairing and building flood defen...

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