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date	08/12/2022
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: Infrastructure
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 flood resilience infrastructure is regularly (a) tested and (b) maintained.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	106519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>The Environment Agency operates and maintains assets for flood and coastal risk management purposes with a value of £26 billion. These assets reduce the risk of flooding to 1.8 million households in England and provide an estimated reduction in annual average flood damages of £2.8 billion. In 2022/23 the Environment Agency is planning to spend £200m maintaining flood risk assets.</p><p><br> The Environment Agency routinely inspect 240,000 of its own and other Risk Management Authority assets, with 175,000 assets inspected annually and others every 18 to 60 months depending on their flood risk classification. These inspections monitor the condition of assets, risk to public safety and ensure legal compliance. Asset repairs identified through inspection are prioritised to minimise potential flood risk. Where there is immediate danger of flood or risk to life, emergency repairs will be undertaken straight away. The Environment Agency also work with 3rd party asset owners to ensure the condition of their assets is understood and that repairs are undertaken as necessary.</p><p><br> Environment Agency maintained flood and coastal risk management assets, such as access bridges, reservoirs, significant structures and gauging stations have regular specialist inspections and are regularly tested for correct operation.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the EA’s <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fenvironment.data.gov.uk%2Fasset-management%2Findex.html&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C0882f6b04be849cf672a08dadc29f7ef%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638064370061579463%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OmTfIyL0snOAkh4bZOlZZlJI2hJzw4YJXzb78xzqKhQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asset Information and Maintenance Programme </a>can be found on DATA.GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/01/2023 12:02:20 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1244959

registered interest
date	20/10/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Endometriosis: Diagnosis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 September 2020 to Question 91705 on Endometriosis: Diagnosis, if he will undertake a review of whether there has been an improvement in diagnosis and management of endometriosis in women since the publication of the 2018 NICE quality standards.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	106519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p><strong></strong>There has are currently no plans to undertake a review of whether there has been an improvement in diagnosis and management of endometriosis in women since the publication of the 2018 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quality standards.</p><p>The Government has recently received the Inquiry Report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Endometriosis, the report raised a number of important issues concerning the treatment and diagnosis of endometriosis which will be carefully considered as part of our ongoing work in women’s health.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 23/10/2020 09:20:58 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

767446

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the percentage take-up of superfast broadband is in each region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	106519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on superfast broadband take-up percentage by regions. The 2016 Ofcom Connected Nations report showed average take up percentage by home nation to be:</p><p> </p><p>England - 32%</p><p>Northern Ireland - 34%</p><p>Wales - 24%</p><p>Scotland - 27%</p><p> </p><p>Take up percentages of premises covered by BDUK projects can be found in the 'Table of local broadband projects' on the department's website : https://www.gov.uk/guidance/broadband-delivery-uk#superfast-broadband-programme.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/10/2017 13:14:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest