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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of effectiveness of the Government's Resilience Framework in help to reduce flooding in high-risk areas.

In December 2023 the Government published an implementation update for the UK Government Resilience Framework, outlining the implementation progress to date in delivering commitments in the Framework. This included the Government investing £5.2 billion in the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Capital Programme running from 2021 to 2027 and an additional £200 million being invested in the Flood and Coastal Innovation Programme running from 2021 to 2027. As part of this, from September 2023, a further three communities in England have been included in the Coastal Transition Accelerator Programme. On the 5 April 2023, the Government also announced the first communities in England to benefit from the Government’s £100 million Frequently Flooded Allowance.