Flood Control

(asked on 1st March 2022) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that natural flood management measures are located in optimum areas under all three Environment Land Management schemes.


Answered by
Victoria Prentis Portrait
Victoria Prentis
Attorney General
This question was answered on 9th March 2022

The new environmental land management schemes will include support for farmers and land managers to manage land and water in a way that reduces flooding and coastal erosion risks to local communities. Many natural flood management activities must be targeted to ensure that benefits are maximised and environmental damage is avoided. Ensuring we take the right actions in the right places (spatial prioritisation) is a combination of data, modelling, local knowledge and partnerships, guidance, and specialist advice. We are in the process of developing our approach to spatial prioritisation for the new schemes, which includes consideration of the role of Local Nature Recovery Strategies, and will be providing more information about the Department’s work in this space over the coming months.

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