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date	09/03/2015
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 steps she is taking to strengthen resilience against flooding.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	908028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>Defra launched a £4million Flood Resilience Community Pathfinder Scheme in 2013 to understand local resilience better and to contribute to our policy making. The scheme will close in March 2015 and - following an evaluation – we intend to share the lessons learnt with local authorities and community organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency’s local teams work on a daily basis with at-risk communities across the country to build resilience.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 12/03/2015 09:09:12 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

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registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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 steps she is taking to ensure the provision of adequate flood protections.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	907283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>We are investing £3.2 billion on flood management in this parliament; a real term increase and half a billion pounds more than in the previous parliament. Going forward we are making a record level £2.3 billion capital commitment, investing in more than 1,400 schemes to improving defences; a further 9% real terms average increase. We estimate this will provide more than £30 billion of economic benefit and provide better protection for 300,000 households.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/01/2015 11:31:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

101547

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	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 steps she has taken to promote flood defences.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	905750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>We are spending more than £3.2 billion over period of this parliament, compared to £2.7 billion in the previous five years. By March 2015, we will have improved the level of protection to more than 165,000 households.</p><p>We have also improved the funding approach to encourage others to invest in flood defences, so even more schemes can be delivered.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 30/10/2014 17:49:17 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab