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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to communicate the risk of flooding to flood-prone homes along the Silk Stream in Colindale.

The Environment Agency is supporting a project led by Barnet and Harrow councils called Action for Silk Stream which has actively been engaging with local communities over the last year. The project aims to reduce the risk of flooding in multiple areas across the catchment and is one of 25 projects across England within our £150 million Flood and Coastal Resilience Innovation Programme. Engagement activities have included in person awareness raising events at various local parks through which the Silk Stream flows. The project has also established a website to keep communities updated on progress.