Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 29573

Property Rights: Flood Control

Tabled: 6 February 2025
Answered: 27 February 2025

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of land lost through adverse possession on local flood resilience.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The new National Flood Risk Assessment data published on 28 January 2025 uses the best currently available data to provide a single picture of current and future flood risk from rivers, the sea and surface water for England. The Environment Agency has not...

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