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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

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

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

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

169827

	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, what steps the Government is taking to facilitate communities wishing to take over the maintenance and running of flood defence systems in areas where the Environment Agency is withdrawing; and if she will permit the funding of a local authority special levy for new internal drainage boards (IDBs) on the same basis on which her Department funds those authorities within the boundaries of existing IDBs.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	218388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>It is important that the Environment Agency is able to focus its efforts and resources in those areas where the risk of flooding to communities, businesses and property are greatest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the areas where the Evironment Agency is withdrawing from land drainage activities, the Agency is committed to working closely with landowners, farmers, householders and businesses to help them consider the options available to them for taking over the maintenance activities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We feel that, in these areas, responsibility for local watercourse management sits more appropriately with expert local bodies, including local authorities and IDBs as well as riparian owners, since these bodies are best placed to take decisions on local priorities in discussion with their communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are keen to enable these bodies, and individuals, to act effectively in partnerships at a local level to achieve the outcomes that communities want to see. We are engaged in a range of actions to make it easier for farmers and landowners who wish to undertake their own de-silting and channel maintenance activities. We also very much welcome the establishment of IDBs where these are proposed and supported by the local community.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We recognise the challenges associated with raising funds for flood risk locally, including for the establishment of new IDBs, and are continuing to explore options in this area together with the Department for Communities and Local Government</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/12/2014 17:08:01 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

169826

	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, what steps the Government is taking to address river and flood defence asset maintenance in response to the report published by the National Audit Office, entitled Strategic Flood Risk Management, HC780, last month.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	218387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Maintaining flood defence assets depends on a combination of capital and revenue funding. This Government is spending £3.2 billion on flood management and defences in this Parliament, which is a real terms increase and half a billion pounds more than in the previous five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have committed a record level £2.3 billion capital funding right up until 2021. This is a real terms average increase in capital investment compared with the current spending review period and the long-term commitments will allow us to get better value for money. We have also provided an extra £70 million of revenue funding for the Environment Agency to maintain its defences: £35 million this year and £35 million next year, on top of the £5 million we had already committed in 2015/16 before the winter storms.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Audit Office report ‘Strategic Flood Risk Management’ was considered by the Public Accounts Committee on 24 November. The Government will respond to the Committee’s recommendations in early 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 17/12/2014 10:48:08 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

226274

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	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 steps she is taking to strengthen resilience against flooding.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	908028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>Defra launched a £4million Flood Resilience Community Pathfinder Scheme in 2013 to understand local resilience better and to contribute to our policy making. The scheme will close in March 2015 and - following an evaluation – we intend to share the lessons learnt with local authorities and community organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency’s local teams work on a daily basis with at-risk communities across the country to build resilience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/03/2015 09:09:12 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

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

58151

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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 representations he has received on the funding formula for flood defence; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
	uin	198854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra regularly receives representation from those seeking Government funding for flood and coastal risk management schemes to be more focussed on delivering a particular type of outcome such as improved protection for homes, agricultural areas or infrastructure at risk of flooding. These representations are not in a consistent direction.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A recent external evaluation found that, on the whole, the current partnership funding approach is progressing well in meeting its policy objectives and that the funding formula should not be changed at present.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our focus is on working with Risk Management Authorities and local communities to put together a six-year investment programme on the basis of the current funding formula, for announcement this autumn. The programme will reduce flood risk for 300,000 households by March 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 09/06/2014 13:29:09 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

169823

	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, what proportion of the total funding for flood protection has been provided through (a) her Department's standard partnership funding framework, (b) private sector contributions and (c) other public sector contributions.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	218345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Partnership Funding is on track to bring up to £140 million in external funding over the four years to 2015, compared with £13 million during the previous four years. This is in addition to the £3.2 billion we have invested in Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management over this parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>According to an independent evaluation, 25% of contributions to schemes came from the private sector; the remainder from local authorities and other public bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 16/12/2014 13:39:09 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle