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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans for the installation of flood barriers in Shrewsbury.

Significant investment in flood mitigation has taken place in Shrewsbury. The Environment Agency is looking at further options for those areas of Shrewsbury still impacted by flooding. These may include flood barriers or built solutions but could also be other forms of protection like Property Flood Resilience (PFR) measures or nature-based solutions. Efforts are currently focused on schemes to protect those communities in Shrewsbury with the highest impact from flooding and those closest to achieving the full amounts of funding required.