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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) flood prevention work has taken place in areas prone to flooding by the River (i) Ribble, (ii) Lune, (iii) Darwen, (iv) Wyre and (v) Yarrow, (b) flood prevention work is planned in 2017, 2018 and 2019 at those locations and (c) the cost is to the public purse of such work in those locations in (A) 2016, (B) 2017, (C) 2018 and (D) 2019.

The Environment Agency’s six year flood and coastal risk management programme 2015-2021 can be found at the following web address: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/programme-of-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-schemes.

There are 17 flood prevention schemes planned in the programme on the named rivers over the next three years.

The estimated cost of the works on the named rivers totals £34,700,051. A breakdown can be found below:

A 16/17 £9,152,821

B 17/18 £18,195,397

C 18/19 £7,068,053

D 19/20 £283,780

These figures include a combination of capital Grant in Aid and partnership funding.

The Environment Agency’s maintenance schedule can be found at the following web address:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/river-and-coastal-maintenance-programme

The Environment Agency and its predecessor bodies have worked with partners to undertake a range of flood prevention work in the catchments of the Ribble, Lune, Darwen, Wyre and Yarrow. This includes the completion of flood and coastal risk management schemes as well as maintenance and flood recovery work.