Environment Agency: Flood Defence Expenditure Debate
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Baroness Eaton
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Environment Agency: Flood Defence Expenditure
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Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
Just today at the NFU conference, the Prime Minister announced new funding packages available to drainage boards across the country.
Baroness Eaton (Con)
My Lords, many councils report that the formula used to determine the Environment Agency flood defence grant favours urban areas over rural communities. Will my noble friend the Minister consider exploring a new funding model for flood defences that combines capital and revenue funding into a single place-based pot?
Lord Douglas-Miller (Con)
My noble friend raises a good point. The allocation of resources is pretty much exactly as she expressed. It is done on the basis that areas most at risk will receive most of the funding. The Government will keep this under review, and I will take that point back to the department.