Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 106617

Floods: Warnings

Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to (a) maintain and (b) ensure the accuracy of flood gauges.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Environment Agency (EA) operates a national maintenance and data assurance programme for its river gauging station network. This includes routine inspection, calibration and maintenance, alongside systematic data quality checks to monitor performance ...

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