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	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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, if his Department will take steps to prohibit the scorching of moorland in areas surrounding rivers and lakes with a high flood risk.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	132265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Heather and Grass Burning regulations 2007 prohibits the burning of heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse or vaccinium, except under licence from Natural England (NE), in a manner that exposes bare soil which extends more than 25m along the bank of a watercourse and is more than a metre wide. NE must be satisfied that the proposed burning is for conservation, enhancement or management of the natural environment for the benefit of present and future generations, or for the safety of a person.</p><p> </p><p>The Heather and Grass Burning Code 2007 also outlines good practice on planning where to burn and how to burn safely and responsibly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/03/2018 14:40:37 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

647955

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the level of investment required in resources and skills to undertake necessary flood prevention measures.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL3652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency is delivering a £2.5 billion 6 year investment programme to improve flood and coastal erosion risk management, including asset maintenance. The Environment Agency is recruiting an additional 200 skilled staff having reviewed the resources required to deliver the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/12/2016 14:33:43 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

647954

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of what is a fair form of contract between private and public sectors in flood defence funding.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL3651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency has published guidance[1] that describes the principles that Risk Management Authorities should follow when implementing the Government’s partnership funding policy[2] and promoting flood and coastal risk management projects. This includes securing contributions from beneficiaries for flood risk management schemes.</p><p> </p><p>All contributions are voluntary. Most private contributions are associated with the direct reduction of risk to the business location alone. However in some situations, where businesses are within an at-risk community, their contributions may also be used to protect the adjacent community. Where this is the case, the Government offers tax incentives in support.</p><p> </p><p>The terms on which contributions are secured is a matter for each Risk Management Authority. The guidance describes the key elements these terms should consider. The Environment Agency has standard terms template agreements for use when securing contributions from the public and private sectors towards its projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140320133552/http:/cdn.environment-agency.gov.uk/lit_6696_f143f7.pdf" target="_blank">Principles for implementing flood and coastal resilience funding partnerships</a> (Environment Agency 2012)</p><p>[2] ‘Flood and coastal resilience partnership funding’ <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flood-and-coastal-resilience-partnership-funding-an-introductory-guide" target="_blank">introductory guide</a> (Defra 2011)</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name flood-coastal-resilience-intro-guide.pdf title Principles for implementing 2 file name Flooding and Coastal resilience funding.pdf title introductory guide question first answered 13/12/2016 17:33:02 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

647953

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to planning public investments for flood protection over a 25 year timeframe in order to align public investment planning more closely with corporate investment planning and to attract more private sector partnership funding.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL3650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency's Long Term Investment Scenarios report models investment options 50 years into the future. This analysis is used by Government when considering the case for future investment in flood risk management, for example at spending reviews.</p><p> </p><p>At the last spending review we confirmed a record level, six-year capital commitment up to 2021. This has allowed the Environment Agency and other risk management authorities to plan and leverage further contributions, including funding from the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>Building on the findings of the National Flood Resilience Review, Defra will now work with the Environment Agency, HM Treasury and the National Infrastructure Commission to consider long term investment needs and funding options after 2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/12/2016 14:37:46 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

647952

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the prioritisation of projects designed to address drainage, water level and flood risks; and what is their estimate of the costs of funding a programme to address these risks.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL3649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Flood defence projects are prioritised based on the economic benefits they could achieve in terms of the flood damages they would avoid and the number of homes that would be better protected from flooding or coastal erosion.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency's Long Term Investment Scenarios report represents the best currently available projections of potential long term costs to manage flood and coastal risk under a range of scenarios reflecting future uncertainties.</p><p> </p><p>The latest report confirms that current Government investment plans to 2020, together with forecast local contributions, are in line with the level the Environment Agency’s assessment indicates is necessary to reduce overall flood risk.</p><p> </p><p>The report it available on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/12/2016 14:38:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

647951

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) as a viable approach to the funding of flood defence projects; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which this approach would ensure an appropriate sharing of costs and risks between the contractor and the DBFO client.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL3648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Most flood defence improvement schemes managed by the Environment Agency and other risk management authorities are delivered through private sector suppliers. When considering how best to procure the improvement and maintenance of defences the Environment Agency and other risk management authorities consider a wide range of options including design, build and operate. Private financing may form part of this where the scheme is not fully funded by government.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/12/2016 14:38:52 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

647950

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to attract more private funding into the construction of flood defences; and whether this will include providing a return to investors on their investment in such projects and allowing corporate investors more control over the investments made.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
	uin	HL3647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>Government changed its funding approach in 2011 to provide space for and encourage private sector and other contributions to Government supported flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes. Private sector contributors benefit from the reduction in flood risk which their investment buys. The return on these investments vary from scheme to scheme depending on the level of protection achieved by the project but private sector contributors can choose how much they invest.</p><p> </p><p>Legislation was introduced in the Finance Bill 2015 to enable companies and unincorporated businesses to receive a tax relief on their contributions to partnership funding for flood and coastal erosion risk management schemes. This is intended to encourage private sector contributions to projects across the country through partnership funding, allowing more schemes to go ahead.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/12/2016 14:40:28 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1125709

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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 he is taking to improve the resilience of (a) homes and (b) businesses against flooding.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	252511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>In England, we are working with the commercial and technical sectors through a business led Property Flood Resilience Roundtable, to increase the uptake of flood resilience approaches (recoverability and resistance), both by homes and businesses, in areas at risk of flooding.</p><p> </p><p>Flood Re was established in 2016 to help improve the affordability and availability of Flood Insurance for homes at high risk of flooding across the whole of the UK (including Wales). Flood Re is required to take action to help the flood insurance market transition to one that is risk reflective by 2039. This includes exploring ways in which Flood Re can help improve the uptake of flood resilience measures in homes at risk of flooding.</p><p> </p><p>Our investment programme will better protect at least 300,000 homes from the risk of all flooding and coastal erosion by 2020/21. Up to 60,000 commercial properties have also benefited from better protection thanks to these schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Property Flood Resistance schemes are eligible for GIA and are used where it is technically or financially difficult to use other mechanisms and for residual risk to increase the level of protection from an asset.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 14/05/2019 16:10:23 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

989504

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	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 2018 NAO report on the financial sustainability of local authorities published by the NAO in March 2018, what plans he has to (a) promote a sustainable means of funding flood defences and (b) mitigate the risk that flooding presents to communities and the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	180730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The NAO report states that while local authority spending power has decreased, local Government spending on floods has increased by 29% in real terms since 2010.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This Government is investing £2.6 billion capital to better protect the country from flooding. £2.6 billion is a real terms increase – up from £1.7 billion in the 2010-2015 Parliament, and £1.5 billion between 2005 and 2010. Local authorities have access to this funding for flood defence improvements on the same terms as the Environment Agency and internal drainage boards.</p><p> </p><p>Other funding for local authority needs, including for local flood management, is provided by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Over this spending period, councils will be able to access more than £200 billion to spend on local services. The majority of this funding is non-ring-fenced as it is for local authorities, who are independent of central Government, to manage their budgets in line with locally determined priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/10/2018 09:56:47 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

989503

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	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, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make it mandatory for (a) utility companies and (b) the private sector to contribute financially to flood protection when their infrastructure is at risk.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	180729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Utility companies are responsible for the resilience of their supplies. The 2016 National Flood Resilience Review requires utility companies to develop plans for permanently improving resilience of service provision from the most severe flood events.</p><p> </p><p><br></p><p>In 2019, we will update the national flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy, looking to strengthen joint delivery across organisations. We will look at current partnership arrangements ahead of a review of funding needs beyond 2021, seeking to attract more non-public sector investment, and make sure all relevant agencies are able to respond quickly and effectively to support communities if and when flooding does occur.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 22/10/2018 11:32:07 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis