Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department received applications for flood defence funding from (a) Lancaster City Council, (b) Lancashire County Council and (c) the Environment Agency relating to the council district area of Lancaster City Council (i) between December 2015 and March 2016, (ii) between April 2016 and July 2016, (iii) between August 2016 and November 2016 and (iv) in December 2016.
The table below summarises the number of applications the department has received from Lancaster City Council, Lancashire County Council and the Environment Agency in partnership with Lancaster City Council since December 2015.
Applicant Timescale | (a) Lancaster City Council | (b) Lancashire County Council | (c) Environment Agency (in partnership with Lancaster City Council) |
(i) December 2015 – March 2016 | No application | No application | No application |
(ii) April 2016 – July 2016 | No application | 4 applications | 1 application |
(iii) August 2016 – November 2016 | No application | No application | 1 application |
(iv)December 2016 | No application | No application | No application |