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<p>We are in the third year of the current <ins class="ministerial">six</ins><del
class="ministerial">6</del>-year £5.2 billion <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-an-investment-plan-for-2021-to-2027"
target="_blank">Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) investment programme</a>.
This investment programme will better protect hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses
from flooding and coastal erosion. At the end of March 2023, approximately £1.5 billion
of this funding has been invested with 60,000 properties better protected from flooding
and coastal erosion. This was delivered through over 200 completed schemes.</p><p>
</p><p>Below is a table which shows properties better protected by Local Authority
boundary between April 2021 and March 2023. The figures include Environment Agency,
Local Authority, and Internal Drainage Board flood and coastal risk management projects
that fall within that boundary. We are unable to provide a breakdown of the type of
flood defences for each authority. However, the Environment Agency’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/programme-of-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-schemes"
target="_blank">Programme of flood and coastal erosion risk management</a> shows completed
FCERM schemes within the previous <ins class="ministerial">six</ins><del class="ministerial">6</del>-year
investment programme (2015-2021), and the first year of the current capital investment
programme (2021-2027) which are now better protecting homes.</p><p> </p><p>Each year
the Environment Agency also produced a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flood-and-coastal-risk-management-national-report"
target="_blank">summary </a>of flood and coastal erosion risk management work carried
out by risk management authorities in England. This is required under Section 18 of
the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. When the current FCERM investment programme
ends, after March 2027, the Environment Agency will publish a report with a breakdown
of spending, similar to the report published in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-capital-investment-programme-headline-benefits/flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-assessment-of-benefit-of-the-2015-to-2021-capital-investment-programme#:~:text=Between%202015%20and%202021%20government,flood%20and%20coastal%20erosion%20risk."
target="_blank">2022</a> after the 2015-2021 investment programme.</p><p> </p><p>Please
see the table attached. Notes for the table:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The figures are based
on the best available information.</li><li>Flood and coastal schemes built in one
Local Authority boundary may benefit under another Local Authority Boundary.</li><li>Projects
that cross multiple boundaries have been grouped together under the ‘cross-boundary
projects’ row.</li><li>The properties were better protected between April 2021 and
March 2023. The April 2023 to March 2024 figures have not yet been finalised.</li></ul>
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