Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which sites she has identified as being at high risk from potential flooding caused by storms this winter.
By the end of September 2016 the standard of protection to all communities affected by last winter’s flooding had been restored to the same standard as before last winter’s storms. Temporary measures are in place to protect communities where permanent repairs will take longer to complete.
You can check your flood risk at https://www.gov.uk/check-flood-risk
The Met Office’s three month outlook for December, January and February suggests that the most likely outcome overall is for a typical winter. For December-January-February period as a whole, below-average precipitation is slightly more probable than above-average.