Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release, entitled flood scheme boost with £36 million of funding, published on 27 March 2018, how many schemes were considered for receiving an allocation of that funding but were unsuccessful in securing it.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
The £36 million of the £76 million funding announced for flood defence at the Autumn 2017 budget has been allocated to the 37 projects listed below. Twelve of the projects, in Devon and Cumbria, were announced in December and the remaining and the remaining 25 were on 27th March.
Funding was requested and provided for all the schemes that would meet the two criteria :- i) a new project could be completed in the next 3 years; ii) the scheme would either generate sufficient benefits in term of reduced flood risk to qualifying for 100% funding or have a high confidence of securing any partnership contributions needed.
Project name / Location | Parliamentary Constituencies | Additional GiA required to March 2021 (£m) |
Hull River Defences Phase 2 | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | 11.80 |
Bath Flood Defence Scheme (Twerton gate replacement) | Bath | 4.80 |
Hexham Industrial Estates Flood Alleviation Scheme | Hexham | 3.73 |
Seahouses Main Pier Rehabilitation | Berwick-upon-Tweed | 2.88 |
Irwell Vale to Strongsty, Lancashire | Rossendale and Darwen | 2.43 |
Torksey Area Flood Risk Management Scheme | Gainsborough | 1.60 |
Sud and Twyver Flood Risk and Restoration Project | Gloucester | 1.27 |
Wallasey Embankment, Wirral | Wirral West | 0.67 |
Warwickshire Property Level Protection Schemes (Galley, Grendon, Fillongley, Bermuda) | Nuneaton, North Warwickshire | 0.64 |
Ashes Road Scheme, Rowley Regis | Warley | 0.50 |
Morton Corner, Gainsborough | Gainsborough | 0.44 |
Summer Lane Improvement Works, Worle, Somerset | Weston-Super-Mare | 0.43 |
Cuttle Brook Increased catchment storage, Derby | Derby South | 0.38 |
Lower Brailes Flood Alleviation Scheme, Welford-Upon-Avon | Stratford-on-Avon | 0.38 |
Upsizing and Diversion of Culvert at Skipton Road, Barnoldswick | Pendle | 0.30 |
Upper Brookstray, Coventry, Flood Alleviation Scheme | Coventry North West | 0.29 |
Eel Mires Dike Flood Alleviation Scheme, Dinnington | Rother Valley | 0.29 |
Broad Oak Water culvert, Accrington | Hyndburn | 0.23 |
Sutherland Road, Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire | South Staffordshire | 0.15 |
Bennetts Road, Keresley Flood Alleviation Scheme | Coventry North West | 0.15 |
Calico Brook, Appley Bridge - Scheme Review & Enhancement | Wigan | 0.11 |
Waterhead Brook, Wolverhampton Flood Risk Alleviation | Wolverhampton North East | 0.10 |
West Lancashire - Burscough - Level 2 Surface Water Management Plan | West Lancashire | 0.10 |
Welford on Avon Flood Alleviation Scheme | Stratford-on-Avon | 0.09 |
Shropshire Property Level Protection Longden and Worthen | Shrewsbury and Atcham and Ludlow | 0.07 |
Schemes announced in December 2017.
Project name / Location | Parliamentary Constituencies | Additional GiA required to March 2021 (£m) |
Whimple Flood Defence Scheme | East Devon | 1.03 |
Laira Avenue/Lipson Vale Integrated Urban Drainage Management scheme, Plymouth | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | 0.61 |
Newby Bridge Sluice Refurbishment | Westmorland and Lonsdale | 0.10 |
Railway Terrace Flood Alleviation Scheme, Seascale | Copeland | 0.10 |
Ravenglass Tidal Gate Replacement | Copeland | 0.09 |
Caldew | Carlisle | 0.06 |
Santon Way Flood Alleviation Scheme, Seascale | Copeland | 0.05 |
Gravel Management, Kent at Kendal | Westmorland and Lonsdale | 0.03 |
Gravel Management, Greta at Keswick | Copeland | 0.03 |
Troutbeck Bridge Property Level Protection | Westmorland and Lonsdale | 0.03 |
Gravel Management, Derwent at Cockermouth | Workington | 0.02 |
Longtown Flood Storage Reservoir | Penrith and The Border | 0.02 |
Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release, entitled flood scheme boost with £36 million of funding, published on 27 March 2018, if he will list the 25 flood schemes that will receive a share of that funding.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
The £36 million of the £76 million funding announced for flood defence at the Autumn 2017 budget has been allocated to the 37 projects listed below. Twelve of the projects, in Devon and Cumbria, were announced in December and the remaining and the remaining 25 were on 27th March.
Funding was requested and provided for all the schemes that would meet the two criteria :- i) a new project could be completed in the next 3 years; ii) the scheme would either generate sufficient benefits in term of reduced flood risk to qualifying for 100% funding or have a high confidence of securing any partnership contributions needed.
Project name / Location | Parliamentary Constituencies | Additional GiA required to March 2021 (£m) |
Hull River Defences Phase 2 | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | 11.80 |
Bath Flood Defence Scheme (Twerton gate replacement) | Bath | 4.80 |
Hexham Industrial Estates Flood Alleviation Scheme | Hexham | 3.73 |
Seahouses Main Pier Rehabilitation | Berwick-upon-Tweed | 2.88 |
Irwell Vale to Strongsty, Lancashire | Rossendale and Darwen | 2.43 |
Torksey Area Flood Risk Management Scheme | Gainsborough | 1.60 |
Sud and Twyver Flood Risk and Restoration Project | Gloucester | 1.27 |
Wallasey Embankment, Wirral | Wirral West | 0.67 |
Warwickshire Property Level Protection Schemes (Galley, Grendon, Fillongley, Bermuda) | Nuneaton, North Warwickshire | 0.64 |
Ashes Road Scheme, Rowley Regis | Warley | 0.50 |
Morton Corner, Gainsborough | Gainsborough | 0.44 |
Summer Lane Improvement Works, Worle, Somerset | Weston-Super-Mare | 0.43 |
Cuttle Brook Increased catchment storage, Derby | Derby South | 0.38 |
Lower Brailes Flood Alleviation Scheme, Welford-Upon-Avon | Stratford-on-Avon | 0.38 |
Upsizing and Diversion of Culvert at Skipton Road, Barnoldswick | Pendle | 0.30 |
Upper Brookstray, Coventry, Flood Alleviation Scheme | Coventry North West | 0.29 |
Eel Mires Dike Flood Alleviation Scheme, Dinnington | Rother Valley | 0.29 |
Broad Oak Water culvert, Accrington | Hyndburn | 0.23 |
Sutherland Road, Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire | South Staffordshire | 0.15 |
Bennetts Road, Keresley Flood Alleviation Scheme | Coventry North West | 0.15 |
Calico Brook, Appley Bridge - Scheme Review & Enhancement | Wigan | 0.11 |
Waterhead Brook, Wolverhampton Flood Risk Alleviation | Wolverhampton North East | 0.10 |
West Lancashire - Burscough - Level 2 Surface Water Management Plan | West Lancashire | 0.10 |
Welford on Avon Flood Alleviation Scheme | Stratford-on-Avon | 0.09 |
Shropshire Property Level Protection Longden and Worthen | Shrewsbury and Atcham and Ludlow | 0.07 |
Schemes announced in December 2017.
Project name / Location | Parliamentary Constituencies | Additional GiA required to March 2021 (£m) |
Whimple Flood Defence Scheme | East Devon | 1.03 |
Laira Avenue/Lipson Vale Integrated Urban Drainage Management scheme, Plymouth | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | 0.61 |
Newby Bridge Sluice Refurbishment | Westmorland and Lonsdale | 0.10 |
Railway Terrace Flood Alleviation Scheme, Seascale | Copeland | 0.10 |
Ravenglass Tidal Gate Replacement | Copeland | 0.09 |
Caldew | Carlisle | 0.06 |
Santon Way Flood Alleviation Scheme, Seascale | Copeland | 0.05 |
Gravel Management, Kent at Kendal | Westmorland and Lonsdale | 0.03 |
Gravel Management, Greta at Keswick | Copeland | 0.03 |
Troutbeck Bridge Property Level Protection | Westmorland and Lonsdale | 0.03 |
Gravel Management, Derwent at Cockermouth | Workington | 0.02 |
Longtown Flood Storage Reservoir | Penrith and The Border | 0.02 |
Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release, entitled flood scheme boost with £36 million of funding, published on 27 March 2018, what criteria was used for determining the 25 flood schemes that will receive an allocation of that funding; and for what reasons schemes in Bury did not meet that criteria.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
The criteria for the allocation of the £36 million required each scheme to be a new project that could be completed in the next 3 years.
The schemes needed to either generate sufficient benefits in term of reduced flood risk to qualifying for 100% funding or have a high confidence of securing any partnership contributions needed.
Schemes proposed in the Bury area fell under the following two categories and were therefore not eligible for funding from the £36 million allocation.
1. The schemes were either already part of the Environment Agency programme and are already receiving funding. This money was specifically aimed at bringing new schemes into the programme.
2. The potential new schemes associated with Bury that are currently sitting outside the current programme of work were not able to be accelerated to deliver and protect homes before 2021 as per the criteria for this funding.
Asked by: Holly Lynch (Labour - Halifax)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 4.50 of Autumn Budget 2017, how much of the £40 million to boost local regeneration in deprived communities at high flood risk has been allocated; what projects are set to benefit from that funding; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Thérèse Coffey
Ministers are still considering which schemes will benefit and expect to decide in due course.