Thames Flood Barrier

(asked on 14th January 2016) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the Thames Barrier has been used in each of the last 30 years.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 19th January 2016

The following table shows the number of Thames Barrier closures in each flood season since its opening in 1982. A “flood season” is defined as the time period from September to April.




Year

Combined Tidal/Fluvial

Tidal

Grand Total

1982 - 1983

0

1

1

1983 - 1984

0

0

0

1984 - 1985

0

0

0

1985 - 1986

1

0

1

1986 - 1987

0

1

1

1987 - 1988

0

0

0

1988 - 1989

0

1

1

1989 - 1990

3

1

4

1990 - 1991

0

2

2

1991 - 1992

0

0

0

1992 - 1993

0

4

4

1993 - 1994

4

3

7

1994 - 1995

2

2

4

1995 - 1996

0

4

4

1996 - 1997

0

1

1

1997 - 1998

0

1

1

1998 - 1999

0

2

2

1999 - 2000

3

3

6

2000 - 2001

8

16

24

2001 - 2002

1

3

4

2002 - 2003

12

8

20

2003 - 2004

0

1

1

2004 - 2005

0

4

4

2005 - 2006

0

3

3

2006 - 2007

0

8

8

2007 - 2008

0

6

6

2008 - 2009

4

1

5

2009 - 2010

3

2

5

2010 - 2011

0

0

0

2011 - 2012

0

0

0

2012 - 2013

5

0

5

2013 - 2014

41

9

50

2014 - 2015

0

1

1

Grand Total

87

88

175

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