Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what process local flood groups can apply for an allocation from the £2.3 billion of flood defence funding announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
If a local flood group wish to progress a flood management scheme it should contact its local Environment Agency or the relevant county council or unitary authority for its area. Details for each local Environment Agency office can be obtained by email: enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk or by telephone: Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm 0370 8506 506.