Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Flood Recovery Framework has been activated in each of the last 10 years; which local authorities were eligible for support on each occasion; and how much was paid to each local authority area on each occasion.

The Flood Recovery Framework (the Framework) has been activated on four separate occasions in the last 10 years. The Framework was activated in November 2019, February 2020, following Storm Babet in October 2023 and Storm Henk in January 2024.

For each activation of the Framework, the following tables lists the names of the local authorities eligible to receive flood recovery relief from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government sponsored schemes and the amounts awarded to date. The Ministry will be making final payments to those local authorities impacted by Storms Babet and Henk that incurred costs up to 31 March 2025, after which both recovery schemes will close.

For other associated Flood Recovery Framework grants schemes, the Ministry does not hold information about awards made in relation to the Department for Business and Trade’s Business Recovery Grant scheme, and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Property Flood Resilience scheme.