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451267

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	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 her speech at the Oxford Farming Conference on 6 January 2016, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on how responsibility for maintaining local watercourses will be shared.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Following discussions between Defra, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Somerset Rivers Authority, the Secretary of State for DCLG confirmed that authorities in Somerset will be able to raise extra funding via a shadow precept from April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also provides funding to Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs) to carry out their duties under the Flood and Water Management Act. As part of the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2016-17, the DCLG has proposed protecting LLFA funding in real terms over the life of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/02/2016 13:04:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

451269

registered interest
date	08/02/2016
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	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 her speech at the Oxford Farming Conference on 6 January 2016, what additional powers she plans to grant to internal drainage boards and other groups to maintain local watercourses.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	26323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that flood risk management work should be carried out by those best placed to do it. The Environment Agency (EA) works in close partnership with Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) and regularly discusses local watercourse maintenance plans with them, including to agree where IDBs could do work on the EA’s behalf, through public sector cooperation agreements. We will continue to discuss with IDBs and other groups where they could take on more responsibility and control of local flood risk management, including by facilitating flood risk partnerships.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/02/2016 12:57:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

446315

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy to make funding available for woodland planting to help with water retention during times of flooding.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	23364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>Flood risk management is one of the targeting criteria for woodland creation funded through the new Countryside Stewardship scheme. The Forestry Commission also continues to undertake research into understanding what role woodlands can play in managing flood risk. Defra and the Environment Agency will continue to support investigations into the potential benefits of land management change on flood risk - including tree planting.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/01/2016 15:15:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

444983

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to increase tree-planting as a method of flood prevention.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	22587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>In some places trees can slow the flow of water down stream and reduce the local impacts of floods. That is why flood risk management is one of the targeting criteria for woodland creation funded through the new Countryside Stewardship scheme. The Forestry Commission also continues to undertake research into understanding what role woodlands can play in managing flood risk.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 22/01/2016 11:03:30 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

443793

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the purpose is of flood action groups established in areas that have experienced recurring flooding; and whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of such groups improving residents' protection from flooding.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	21907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>Flood action groups enable residents to have a role in managing their own flood risk. Groups define their own priorities to meet the needs of their community and will engage in a range of activities such as; training, emergency response, building community preparedness or lobbying activities, for example.</p><p>Defra has recently published an independent evaluation of its Flood Resilience Community Pathfinder Scheme, which trialled a number of approaches to help communities find simple, effective ways to minimise their flood risk.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/01/2016 13:00:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

443253

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings and communication Ministers and senior civil servants have had with Ruimte voor de Rivier regarding long-term flood prevention since June 2010.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	21476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Ministers and senior civil servants have not met or communicated with Ruimte voor de Rivier regarding long term flood prevention since June 2010.</p><br /><p>The Environment Agency has a good and highly valued relationship with the Dutch flood agency, Rijkswaterstaat, and has been actively engaging with them for many years on coastal, and asset management issues. This has been both bilaterally and through mutual networks. There is a strong exchange of knowledge between our organisations, supported by a non-legal Memorandum of Understanding. This also supports mutual cooperation during an incident, where appropriate.</p><br /><p>The Environment Agency was also grateful for the wider Dutch support offered during the 2013/14 flooding in the UK, with support from Dutch pumps and levee inspectors.</p><br /> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/01/2016 11:25:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

442605

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where the Environment Agency deployed its mobile pumps in December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	21053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>Mobile pumps were moved to locations as required as part of our dynamic response to the various incidents that happened in December. The Environment Agency sent 42 pumps from other areas to the north of England including Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and Cheshire. This was to support existing equipment in use within the area.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/01/2016 14:39:50 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

442607

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many mobile pumps the Environment Agency owns.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	21052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency owns a total of 245 mobile pumping units which can be deployed to respond to flooding incidents.</p><br /><p>During the flooding in December 2015, 425 mobile pumping assets owned and held by responding organisations, including the Fire Services and the Environment Agency, were identified as being available to Strategic Coordination Groups (Gold Controls).</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/01/2016 17:05:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

442610

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed location pumps the Environment Agency uses to control water flows in England.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	21051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency operates and maintains 347 fixed pumping stations in England.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 13/01/2016 14:32:46 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

442613

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
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	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 she has had with local authorities on their duties to ensure landowners clear ditches adjacent to their own land as a means of reducing flood risk.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	20909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>Landowners are responsible for maintaining the bed and banks of watercourses on their land, and for clearing obstructions to the flow of water.</p><br /><p>Internal Drainage Boards (IDBs) and Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs) have powers under the Land Drainage Act 1991 to require the relevant landowners to maintain the flow of a watercourse.</p><br /><p>The Environment Agency, exercising its strategic oversight responsibilities, works closely with IDBs and LLFAs to ensure they are managing local flood risk effectively.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 11/01/2016 17:31:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson