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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help people adapt their homes to mitigate against the risk of flooding.

Property flood resilience measures, such as airbrick covers and flood resilient materials, can ensure that new and existing homes are resilient to risks from flooding.

The Environment Agency’s Property Flood Resilience (PFR) Framework provides consultancy and contracting services for the survey, supply, and installation of property flood resilience to homes and is in place for up to four years. Lead Local Flood Authorities can also use the framework to secure these services for local projects. In the current flood's investment programme, there are over 150 property flood resilience schemes planned, which will better protect over 4,000 homes.