Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.25 of the Autumn Statement 2016, whether that investment in flood defence and resilience measures is in addition to the investment in flood defences announced in the March 2016 Budget.
The £170 million flood defence and resilience funding announced at Autumn Statement 2016 is an allocation from the £700m announced in the March 2016 Budget.