Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 3.25 of the Autumn Statement 2016, how much of the £170 million in flood defence and resilience measures will be spent in each region.

The £170 million announced at Autumn Statement 2016 has not yet been fully allocated. Of the funding that has been allocated:

• The South West will receive £19.5m: with £10m for railway resilience in Dawlish and £9.5m for Axe Valley.

• The Midlands will receive £16.7m for flood alleviation in Burton upon Trent.

• The Northern regions will receive £13.7m: £1.7m for Stainforth Dunston Hill Bridge Bank Flood Alleviation Scheme, £2m for a scheme to better protect homes from flooding in Otley, and £10m for railway resilience in Manchester subject to business case approval.

Further details on the allocation of the remaining funding will be announced in due course.