Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the Thames Barrier has been closed in each year since 2010.
The table below lists the number of times the Thames Barrier has been closed in each year since 2010.
Year | Number of closures |
2010 | 5 |
2011 | 0 |
2012 | 3 |
2013 | 4 |
2014 | 48 |
2015 | 0 |
The figure for 2015 is for the period 01/01/15 to 23/02/15.