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date	07/11/2023
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	Rivers: Flood Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of the Environment Agency to the regular maintenance of major rivers and water courses; and what assessment they have made of whether any lack of maintenance has contributed to recent flooding.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL53
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>There are around 238,000 assets registered by the Environment Agency that have a flood or coastal risk management purpose in England, including 76,000 assets owned and maintained directly by the Environment Agency, plus approximately 162,000 assets owned by other parties including Risk Management Authorities and Private owners. Of these, 64,000 are classified by the Environment Agency as high consequence system assets – meaning those which provide the greatest level of protection to people and property. Assets are used to maintain major rivers and water courses.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency regularly inspects over 154,000 assets that have a flood or coastal risk management purpose in England whether owned and maintained by the Environment Agency or other Risk Management Authorities or private individuals.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is currently inspecting assets impacted by Storms Babet and Ciaran. The Environment Agency estimate 2,300 properties flooded during these recent storms, with 139,000 properties better protected by flood and coastal risk management schemes.</p><p> </p><p>As of October 2023, (prior to the recent Storm Babet and Ciaran), the number of Environment Agency assets that were at or above the required condition in a high consequence Risk Management System was 94.5%. For assets owned or maintained by other parties this was 90%.</p><p> </p><p>A high consequence system is a location where there is a high concentration of properties. Flood risk is reduced by several flood defences working together to protect an area. Where assets are below their required condition this identifies that work is required. This does not mean assets have structurally failed or that performance in a flood is compromised.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency publishes details of planned maintenance activities in the river and coastal maintenance programme, and further details can also be found in the Flood and coastal erosion risk management annual report (see attached).</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 13/11/2023 16:48:05 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon attachment 1 file name Flood and coastal erosion risk management report.pdf title flood/coastal risk management report
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

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date	10/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Crossing: Tourism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the percentage change in the number of coach parties arriving at Channel ports compared to the number of visitors arriving by air, in each year since 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
uin	HL53
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold data on the number of coach parties or coaches entering the UK from the European Union, either for 2022 or for previous years.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL52 question first answered 24/05/2022 11:05:36 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester