Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of domestic and business insurance held by those at risk of flooding in each local authority area.

The Government does not collect information on the levels of domestic and business insurance held by those at risk of flooding in each local authority area.

Defra regularly considers the availability of affordable insurance for those at high flood risk. Defra undertook research in 2013 and 2015 and plans to undertake further research in 2018/19.

Flood Re was created to promote availability and affordability of insurance for households at high flood risk. In its first year of operation Flood Re has already enabled 130,000 households to access affordable flood insurance. Flood Re is actively monitoring the availability and affordability of insurance within the market on an ongoing basis.