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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2015 to Question 18118, when she plans to announce the level of funding for flood defence maintenance in each year until 2019-20.

The table below shows how much the Environment Agency spent directly on maintaining flood defences in the years requested:

The Government has confirmed that flood maintenance funding will be protected in real terms for the duration of this Parliament.

In addition to the maintenance spend, a further £2.3 Billion will be invested in flood defences in the next six years, providing better protection to over 300,000 households.