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101547

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	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 steps she has taken to promote flood defences.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	905750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>We are spending more than £3.2 billion over period of this parliament, compared to £2.7 billion in the previous five years. By March 2015, we will have improved the level of protection to more than 165,000 households.</p><p>We have also improved the funding approach to encourage others to invest in flood defences, so even more schemes can be delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 30/10/2014 17:49:17 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

156966

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	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 her Department plans to spend on capital investment to improve flood defences in each year from 2015-16 to 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	215496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>This Government plans to spend the following each year from 2015/16 to 2020/21 on capital investment to reduce the risks of flooding and coastal erosion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Capital </strong></p><p><strong>Investment</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£395m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£376m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£383m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£389m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£396m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£403m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 27/11/2014 14:07:50 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

178133

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	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 amount is of grant in aid (a) requested and (b) received by the (i) Anglia Central, (ii) Anglia Eastern, (iii) Anglia Northern, (iv) North West, (v) Northumbria, (vi) Severn and Wye, (vii) South West, (viii) Southern, (ix) Thames, (x) Trent, (xi) Wessex and (xii) Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committees for the period 2015 to 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	223674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the amount of Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Grant in Aid requested and received between 2015 to 2021 by each Regional Flood and Coastal Committee.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>RFCC</p></td><td><p>Requested (£m)</p></td><td><p>Received (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Central</p></td><td><p>58.9</p></td><td><p>47.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Eastern</p></td><td><p>232.9</p></td><td><p>192.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Northern</p></td><td><p>161.4</p></td><td><p>146.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eng Severn &amp; Wye</p></td><td><p>24.4</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>260.4</p></td><td><p>157.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>69.1</p></td><td><p>45.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>107.1</p></td><td><p>85.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern</p></td><td><p>454.6</p></td><td><p>333.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames</p></td><td><p>324.0</p></td><td><p>297.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trent</p></td><td><p>183.6</p></td><td><p>161.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>63.9</p></td><td><p>51.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>380.7</p></td><td><p>265.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the programme published alongside the Autumn Statement in December 2014. A further update on this profile is due shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/02/2015 11:54:59 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

167477

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2014
	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 many frontline flood defence staff were employed by the Environment Agency in each year since 2010-11; and how many such staff are planned to be employed in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	216871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The numbers of frontline flood and coastal risk management (FCRM) full time employees (FTEs) in the Environment Agency (England only) for the years 2010-11 to 2014-15 and planned for 2015-16 are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FCRM Funded FTEs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FCRM Total</p></td><td><p>3473</p></td><td><p>3370</p></td><td><p>3304</p></td><td><p>3215</p></td><td><p>3267</p></td><td><p>3267</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/12/2014 11:08:35 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

227132

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	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 proportion of the Environment Agency budget was spent on flood defences and prevention in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows the proportion of Environment Agency budget spent on flood and coastal risk management (FCRM) in the financial years 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The final FCRM spend for the financial year 14/15 is yet to be confirmed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-2014 (£M)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Total Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-2013 (£M)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Total Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-2012 (£M)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of Total Spend</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Flood and coastal risk management</p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>1,091</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>1,113</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/03/2015 16:02:13 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

178132

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	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 her estimate is of additional financial contributions that will be required by the (a) Anglia Central, (b) Anglia Eastern, (c) Anglia Northern, (d) North West, (e) Northumbria, (f) Severn and Wye, (g) South West, (h) Southern, (i) Thames, (j) Trent, (k) Wessex and (l) Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee for flood investments between 2015 and 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	223673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows the estimation of the amount of additional financial contributions that will be required by each of the Regional Flood and Coastal Committees for flood investments between 2015 and 2021.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>RFCC</p></td><td><p>From Local Levy (£m)</p></td><td><p>From Other sources (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Central</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Eastern</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>67.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Northern</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>42.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eng Severn &amp; Wye</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>20.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>40.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>47.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>70.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames</p></td><td><p>69.4</p></td><td><p>155.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trent</p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td><td><p>57.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>15.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>84.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the programme published alongside the Autumn Statement in December 2014. A further update on this profile is due shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/02/2015 11:49:39 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

178131

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2015
	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 value is of flood investments that have been deferred from 2015-2021 to 2021-22 for the (a) Anglia Central, (b) Anglia Eastern, (c) Anglia Northern, (d) North West, (e) Northumbria, (f) Severn and Wye, (g) South West, (h) Southern, (i) Thames, (j) Trent, (k) Wessex and (l) Yorkshire Regional Flood and Coastal Committee.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	223672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows the amount of Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Grant in Aid that has been deferred from 2015-2021 to 2021-22 for each of the Regional Flood and Coastal Committees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>RFCC</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Central</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Eastern</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglian Northern</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eng Severn &amp; Wye</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southern</p></td><td><p>20.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trent</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on the programme published alongside the Autumn Statement in December 2014. A further update on this profile is due shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/02/2015 11:51:59 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

106432

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	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, where the UK's main mobile flood pumps are based; and what time is taken to mobilise such pumps.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	213377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government-funded New Dimension project saw the deployment of 50 High Volume Pumps (HVP) positioned across the country, with 46 allocated to 38 English Fire and Rescue Services and four in Scotland; an additional Strategic HVP was located centrally. There are four mobile HVPs in Wales. Under the Fire Rescue Service mutual aid arrangements Wales also have access to all of the strategic assets in England. The planning assumptions for a major incident involving man made or natural flooding, assumes a minimum of one HVP will be mobilised to respond to an incident within a maximum of two hours of request.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency holds a range of strategic incident response supplies at its depots across England, including:</p><p> </p><p>· three 12 inch pumps</p><p> </p><p>· six24 inch pumps</p><p> </p><p>· 425 smaller mobile pumps</p><p> </p><p>· 3.8km of demountable and temporary flood defences</p><p> </p><p>· 21 sandbag machines</p><p> </p><p>The larger 12 and 24 inch pumps can be deployed within 24 hours. The Environment Agency also has access to a further six 24 inch pumps through its contracted suppliers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 11/11/2014 17:35:40 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

227125

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	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 the Environment Agency's flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015 to 2021, what estimate she has made of the number of properties that will be protected in the (a) Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, (b) Thames Valley and (c) UK by that programme.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Environment Agency has estimated that its flood and coastal erosion risk management investment programme 2015-2021, will reduce the risk of flooding to:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· around 400 households in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead;</p><p> </p><p>· over 3,000 households in the Thames Valley - this number is based on delivery of schemes across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, including schemes around Oxford, Abingdon, Slough, Marlow, Newbury, Winnersh, Bicester, Northway and Marston;</p><p> </p><p>· at least 300,000 households in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/03/2015 14:39:03 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

169824

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	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 funding for flood protection is planned to be raised through a standard partnership funding framework in each year between 2015-16 and 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	218346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Environment Agency expects to attract contributions from other sources of over £600 million, but the exact timing and amount depends on local choices. We are on course to bring in up to £140 million in external funding over the four years to 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Contributions can come from national, local, private or public sources. They supplement our national budget, meaning more can be done to reduce the risks of flooding and coastal erosion across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Partnership funding encourages contributions from those who benefit from reduced risk. Government has introduced a tax deduction for businesses contributing to schemes, encouraging the private sector to contribute to local schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 16/12/2014 16:45:25 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle