Written question asked by David Lidington (Conservative) on Wednesday, 29 January 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 February 2003. It was answered by Baroness Beckett (Labour) on Thursday, 6 February 2003 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Answer of 20th January 2003, 398 c102W, if she will provide a breakdown of expenditure of the Environment Agency in England on managing flood risk from main rivers and the sea in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03, by (i) local authority area and (ii) Environment Agency regional area. - Including table and fact that a breakdown by local authority areas could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost. (Holding answer 3 February 2003).

Answer: Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 20 January 2003, Official Report, column 102W, if she will provide a breakdown of expenditure of the Environment Agency in England on managing flood risk from main rivers and the sea in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03, by (i) local authority area and (ii) Environment Agency regional area. [95081] Margaret Beckett :[holding answer 3 February 2003]: The breakdown by Region of Environment Agency expenditure in England for managing flood risk from main rivers and the sea is: £000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Actual Forecast EA Region 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Anglian 58,540 62,205 68,162 Midlands 31,611 40,244 39,427 North East 27,679 39,016 47,571 North West 24,461 31,390 32,243 Southern 27,078 35,383 43,829 South West 20,137 30,649 39,296 Thames 69,956 68,884 78,600 Total England 259,462 307,771 349,128 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. I regret that a breakdown of this expenditure by local authority area could not be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 95081; 399 c377W;399 c375W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Coastal areas Finance Flood control Expenditure Environment Agency Floods Local government Public expenditure Rivers
Contains statistics: Yes
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