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437148

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	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: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2015 to Question 16031, how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14; and how much the agency projects it will spend on such defences in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17, (iii) 2017-18, (iv) 2018-19 and (v) 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	19606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Allocation £m</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asset Management</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.</ins></p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2015 11:14:44 question first ministerially corrected 04/02/2016 11:26:08 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 36488 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437150

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Environment Agency's 2014 Long Term Investment Scenarios recommended optimum overall investment in flood defences of £750m to £800m each year to 2019-20; and whether she expects that level of overall investment to be achieved.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	19675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <br /><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. It will be kept under review as any further evidence emerges.</p><br /><p>The 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 <del class="ministerial">by 5%</del>.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/12/2015 15:36:34 question first ministerially corrected 16/12/2015 16:15:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 35407 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437153

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	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: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2015 to Question 18118, when she plans to announce the level of funding for flood defence maintenance in each year until 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	19605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Allocation £m</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asset Management</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.</p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.</ins></p></ins></p> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2015 11:14:44 question first ministerially corrected 18/12/2015 11:39:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart previous answer version 35561 answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437151

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	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: Finance
	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 measures in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 will affect the level of funding for flood defences up to 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	19676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>In the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 we reiterated our commitment to invest £2.3 billion in more than 1,500 projects by 2021. This funding will help better protect 300,000 homes. We also announced our commitment to protect flood maintenance spending in real terms over this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/12/2015 15:40:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

437152

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	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	Climate Change
	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 of her officials are engaged in preparing the Government's next Climate Change Risk Assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	19677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>Defra’s core climate change adaptation team of eight officials is coordinating and inputting to the preparation of the second Climate Change Risk Assessment, to be laid in Parliament in January 2017. Many other officials from across Defra, wider Government and its agencies are also contributing to the assessment. The underlying evidence report that will make up the bulk of the assessment is being prepared by the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change, with extensive input from around 100 other experts.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2015 13:18:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas