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420005

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date	09/10/2015
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	Floods: Insurance
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 progress her Department has made on introducing the Flood Re scheme.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	10925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Flood Re began its operational testing phase in July 2015. It will be a matter for the Flood Re Board itself, rather than the Secretary of State, to determine when the scheme is ready to accept policies once it is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority. We understand that Flood Re expects this to be in April 2016.</p><p>Insurers have agreed to continue to abide by the Statement of Principles which ensures continued access to flood insurance until Flood Re is fully operational</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/10/2015 12:29:03 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

170387

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Floods: Insurance
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 she will take steps to ensure that parties who are to be excluded from the Flood Re scheme are given adequate time to respond to the proposals for that scheme; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	218725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government response was published today, 18 December 2014, and is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Regulations implementing Flood Re will be subject to the affirmative procedure, providing Parliament with the opportunity to fully scrutinise them.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We also consulted on our proposals for flood insurance during summer 2013 and on the draft flood insurance clauses for the Water Bill. The Government responses to both consultations were published jointly on 18 November 2013.</p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 18/12/2014 11:53:22 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

170388

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Floods: Insurance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the Government's response to the consultation on Flood Insurance: regulations for the Flood Reinsurance Scheme, which closed on 16 September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	218724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government Response was published today, 18 December 2014, and is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 18/12/2014 11:35:23 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

60461

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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	Floods: Insurance
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 criteria will be used to determine whether a property owner is eligible to access building insurance policies within Flood Re.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	199499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The criteria that the insurance industry will use to determine if a property is eligible for cover through Flood Re was set out in the information note published in March. It can be found at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/292353/water-bill-flood-insurance-scope-flood-re.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/292353/water-bill-flood-insurance-scope-flood-re.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 11/06/2014 15:49:55 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

60462

registered interest
date	06/06/2014
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	Floods: Insurance
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 assessment he has made of research carried out by the British Insurance Brokers Association into the difficulties that groups excluded from accessing buildings insurance within Flood Re are experiencing in accessing affordable flood insurance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	199500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The survey by the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) has been considered with interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra has commissioned its own research to monitor the market for flood insurance. This will include the market for domestic insurance, for which Flood Re has been designed, and the market for commercial flood insurance, for which Flood Re was not designed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I am planning to discuss this issue of commercial flood insurance with BIBA and representative organisations from the property sector at a round-table meeting later this month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 11/06/2014 14:31:42 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson