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

LabourForest 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 Hardy
The 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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