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1715385

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Environment Agency on trends in the level of (a) dredging and (b) desilting as a means of flood prevention.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	Brendan Clarke-Smith
uin	24564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and Defra officials regularly meet with the Environment Agency to discuss flood and water management issues, including dredging.</p><p>The Environment Agency assesses each situation individually and dredge when it is the right solution, and it provides long-term value for money. Understanding where it will, and will not, reduce flood risk is key.</p><p>Where there is evidence that dredging will reduce flood risk to local properties or agricultural land without increasing flooding downstream, it meets government criteria, and is cost effective, the Environment Agency will do it.</p><p>Dredging can contribute to reducing flooding in some locations, but in others dredging would be an extremely inefficient and ineffective way to manage flood risk, as the natural processes in many rivers can cause the silt to return and accumulate in the same places very quickly. We also know from historic records and modelling that dredging in some locations can increase erosion and flood risk for communities downstream.</p><p>In extreme flooding events, the relatively small increases in width and depth achievable by dredging the channel do not provide anywhere near enough capacity to contain the excess flood water, since the channel may already be full of water, and therefore does not prevent flooding.</p><p>Any structures encroaching in the river such as bridges, weirs and natural features need to be considered, as these could be damaged or may be pinch points with hard foundations which can make dredging ineffective. Deepening can in some instances also cause destabilising of natural riverbanks leading to soil erosion and damage to riverside flood defences.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 07/05/2024 13:52:10 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4756 label Biography information for Brendan Clarke-Smith

1713588

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2024 to Question 22631 on Flood Control, when the meeting with the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport’s Flood and Water Group took place, and if he will publish the letter that Group wrote to his Department after the meeting.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	23553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>In considering the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC) study into surface water flooding, Defra officials met with the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport’s (ADEPT) Flood and Water Group on 30 January 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Following the meeting ADEPT officials shared a short note setting out their views on the NIC’s nine recommendations which the government considered in developing the response to the study.</p><p> </p><p>It is not the Department’s policy to publish exchanges between officials.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 30/04/2024 10:23:56 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1702158

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence his Department has had with (i) Lead Local Flood Authorities and (ii) the Local Government Association as part of his response of 13 March 2024 to the National Infrastructure Council report Reducing the risk of surface water flooding.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	22631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>In considering the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC) study into surface water flooding, Defra officials met with the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport’s (ADEPT) Flood and Water Group. This group is predominately made up of lead local flood authorities and the Local Government Association. At the meeting there was a discussion about the NIC’s study and nine recommendations, and the different views on them. The ADEPT Flood and Water Group also wrote to Defra after the meeting. Defra took these views into account when producing the Government response and accepting or partially accepting all of the NIC’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 24/04/2024 09:39:06 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1701037

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2024 to Question 20753 on Flood Control, how many schemes that went through an appraisal process have been deferred (a) in total and (b) to a date beyond the end of the current programme of works in March 2027; and when he plans to publish more information on those schemes.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	21780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable member to the Answer of 15 April 2024 to <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-03-26/20753" target="_blank">Question 20753</a>, which set out that delivery is the Government’s key priority, and we are working with the Environment Agency to review the programme in light of the impacts of inflation and the pandemic. More information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 23/04/2024 15:23:39 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1699099

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2024 to Question 18569 on Flood Control, how many schemes which have been through an appraisal process have been cancelled; and when he plans to publish more information on those schemes.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	20753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has doubled its investment in flood defences to a record £5.2 billion between 2021 and 2027 to better protect communities across England from flooding and coastal erosion. Since April 2021, over £1.5 billion has been invested in over 200 flood protection schemes, better protecting over 71,000 properties.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the recent National Audit Office report, the Environment Agency forecasts that 1,500 projects will provide better protection to 200,000 properties by the end of the programme in March 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The capital investment programme is annually reviewed and updated to accommodate changes, including the introduction of new schemes or urgent works. This means the programme is dynamic and evolves over time. Projects are not typically cancelled but deferred until funding and resources allow them to progress.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 15/04/2024 09:41:21 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1695895

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 13 of the the National Audit Office report entitled Resilience to flooding, published on 15 November 2023, how many (a) projects have been cancelled and (b) homes will no longer be better protected; and where those homes are located, by local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	18569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>In March 2020, the Government doubled its investment in flood defences to a record £5.2 billion between 2021 and 2027 to better protect communities across England from flooding and coastal erosion. Since April 2021, over £1.5 billion has been invested in over 200 flood protection schemes, better protecting over 71,000 properties.</p><p> </p><p>The capital investment programme is annually reviewed and updated to accommodate changes, including the introduction of new schemes or urgent works.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware of the challenges and delays caused by inflation and the availability of skills and labour across the sector. The start of the programme was also impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, which resulted in fewer people to develop projects and delayed mobilisation of construction activity.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the NAO report, the Environment Agency forecast that 1,500 projects will provide better protection to 200,000 properties by the end of the programme in March 2027.</p><p> </p><p>Delivery is the Government’s key priority, and we are working with the Environment Agency to review the programme in the light of the impacts of inflation and the pandemic. More information will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 25/03/2024 13:51:54 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1686557

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is providing to improve flood defences.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	901281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is investing a record £5.2 billion over six years in flood and coastal erosion schemes to better protect communities across England.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, at the last spending review the Government increased funding for maintaining existing flood defences by £22 million per year, bringing the total to over £200 million per year.</p><p> </p><p>Our investment in flood defences has seen over 600,000 properties better protected from flooding since 2010, including over 71,000 since 2021.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 01/02/2024 16:56:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1686558

registered interest
date	25/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of flood defences.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Christian Wakeford
uin	901283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>Since 2010, the Government has invested over £6 billion to better protect more than 600,000 properties. Government investment in flood defences and action taken by the Environment Agency helped protect over 139,000 properties during storms Babet and Ciarán, and 102,000 properties during storm Henk.</p><p> </p><p>No properties were flooded by Storms Babet and Ciarán because of any flood defences being below required condition.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 01/02/2024 16:57:15 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4871 label Biography information for Christian Wakeford

1682913

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has invested in flood resilience in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	10174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The Environment Agency counts properties flooded during all flood events, with final numbers verified by local flood authorities. Additionally, the Environment Agency looks at long term national trends, rates of optimal spend, but only calculates the economic costs of an actual flood in occasional circumstances due to the significant time and cost associated with undertaking the reports. Therefore, data is not collated on an annual basis.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, there are costs of flood reports for the major events of winter <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F603549118fa8f5480a5386be%2FThe_costs_and_impacts_of_the_winter_2013_to_2014_floods_-_report.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Ca720696047e5487b28e408dc297114b2%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638430812847836939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=umEcoPS2FKsNwkCdEGdF%2Bpde6vv2vTdueAoKLstmg7k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">2013/14</a> and winter <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F672087%2FEstimating_the_economic_costs_of_the_winter_floods_2015_to_2016.pdf%23%3A~%3Atext%3DApplying%2520these%2520approaches%252C%2520the%2520best%2520estimate%2520of%2520economic%2Cto%2520%25C2%25A31.9%2520billion%2520to%2520take%2520account%2520of%2520uncertainty.&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Ca720696047e5487b28e408dc297114b2%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638430812847847820%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=ujT4%2FFhJHyPy2UocMe0g%2FslZ02sWmfn1XhpGlMpEtag%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">2015/16</a>. It is estimated the 2013/14 winter floods caused approximately £1.3 billion of damage and the 2015/16 winter floods caused approximately £1.6 billion of damage.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore grouped question UIN 10173 question first answered 19/02/2024 09:43:06 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1682914

registered interest
date	17/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Flood Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expected lifespan is of flood resilience schemes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	10175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>Flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes are typically designed for a 50-year lifespan, although this can vary. This figure assumes maintenance and reconditioning where required, the Environment Agency’s annual maintenance programme is available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 07/02/2024 18:34:18 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell