Flood Control
(asked on 12th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the Environment Agency budget was spent on flood defences and prevention in (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
The following table shows the proportion of Environment Agency budget spent on flood and coastal risk management (FCRM) in the financial years 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14.
The final FCRM spend for the financial year 14/15 is yet to be confirmed.
Expenditure | 2013-2014 (£M) | % of Total Spend | 2012-2013 (£M) | % of Total Spend | 2011-2012 (£M) | % of Total Spend |
Flood and coastal risk management | 637 | 56 | 585 | 54 | 600 | 54 |
Total | 1,143 | 100 | 1,091 | 100 | 1,113 | 100 |