Floods: Government Assistance

(asked on 11th December 2023) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to provide additional support to local authorities in areas that experience frequent flooding.


Answered by
Robbie Moore Portrait
Robbie Moore
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 19th December 2023

The Government announced in March 2020 a record £5.2 billion investment between 2021 and 2027 in flood and coastal erosion schemes to better protect communities across England.

Communities suffering frequent flooding can benefit from Government’s £100 million Frequently Flooded Allowance, ring-fenced from the £5.2 billion investment. This aims to boost schemes in areas that are impacted repeatedly from flooding. On 5 April 2023, Government announced the first 53 communities to benefit from the Allowance.

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