Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 17716
Floods: Repairs and Maintenance
Tabled: 3 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024
Question
Matt Bishop
Labour — Forest of Dean
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to collaborate with local authorities to ensure that infrastructure is swiftly repaired after the recent floods.
Answer
Emma HardyThe Government inherited flood assets in their worst condition on record following years of underinvestment by the previous Government – just 92.1% of the Environment Agency’s 38,000 high consequence assets are currently at required condition. To ensure w...
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