Floods: Shropshire
(asked on 10th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much the Environment Agency spent on flood defence measures in Shropshire in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
This question was answered on 17th October 2014
Between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2014, the Environment Agency spent £4,370,000 on flood alleviation in Shropshire. This figure can only be split over financial years as follows:
2010/11 £2,868,000
2011/12 £493,000
2012/13 £526,000
2013/14 £483,000
These figures include capital, revenue maintenance and the Government recovery expenditure following the winter of 2013/14.