Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department is planning to provide support to home owners in Foyle who have experienced persistent flooding and who have been unable to get appropriate home insurance.

The UK Government supports households in Northern Ireland through a joint initiative with insurers, the Flood Re Scheme, which ensures that domestic property insurance continues to be affordable in areas of flood risk.

The Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure and the Department for Communities provide financial support in the event of persistent flooding in Northern Ireland. This includes the Flooding Scheme, which provides emergency financial assistance to people affected by severe flooding.

I continue to urge parties in Northern Ireland to restore the Northern Ireland Executive and ensure a fully functioning Northern Ireland Assembly so that matters like flooding can be addressed by those elected to do so.