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452376

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date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Floods: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the deadline is for making an application to the EU Solidarity Fund in relation to the Cumbria floods.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	27055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Applications for the European Solidarity Fund must be received by the Commission within 12 weeks of the date of first damage caused by the disaster.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 22/02/2016 16:22:51 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

452429

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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	Dredging
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 powers she intends to extend to farmers in relation to the dredging of watercourses on their land.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	27063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 were laid before Parliament on 2 February. Subject to parliamentary approval, from April the Regulations will remove a number of low risk activities from the need for a flood defence consent permit from the Environment Agency, enabling it to focus on the highest risk activities. This includes allowing farmers to maintain ditches up to 1.5km long subject to a number of conditions.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/02/2016 14:13:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

452430

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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 comments at the Oxford Farming Conference on 6 January 2016 on additional powers to internal drainage boards, what plans she has to give local authorities a role in the maintenance of local watercourses.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	27067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>Local Authorities (LAs) have powers to carry out flood risk management works, including maintenance on ordinary watercourses, while the Environment Agency (EA) has powers to carry out work on main rivers. In addition, under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, flood risk management authorities may carry out work using the powers of other risk management authorities using public sector cooperation agreements. There are some excellent examples of LAs working in partnership with the EA and internal drainage boards, for example in Lincolnshire and Somerset.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/02/2016 14:40:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

452431

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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: 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, with reference to her comments at the Oxford Farming conference on 6 January 2016 on decentralising decision-making, what steps she plans to take to ensure funding to tackle flooding and the maintenance of flood defences is allocated fairly and transparently to local groups.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	27066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The Environment Agency allocates funding according to where it will have the most benefit to people and property using System Asset Management Plans for each of its flood defence asset systems. The Environment Agency discusses local maintenance programmes with local communities and groups like internal drainage boards. The Environment Agency publishes its maintenance programme online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/river-and-coastal-maintenance-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/river-and-coastal-maintenance-programme</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/02/2016 16:08:24 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham