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Written question asked by Mary Creagh (Labour) on Wednesday, 30 November 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 2 December 2016. It was answered by Baroness Coffey (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 December 2016 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Flood Control

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her oral contribution of 24 November 2016, Official Report, column 1004 if she will publish a list of projects including their locations that will be supported by the £15 million investment.

Answer

Natural flood management solutions are an important part of our approach to reducing flood risk. The recently announced £15m investment specifically for natural flood management schemes across England presents an important opportunity to further develop the evidence base around working with natural processes to reduce flood risk. We are, therefore, thinking carefully about where these schemes are based, and so have not yet announced specific locations that will be supported by the fund.

The Environment Agency will be administering the £15m investment, and have already been working with Natural England, Forestry Commission and local partners to identify project proposals. Following the announcement of the fund they can now begin to work with partners to fully scope these opportunities, which will then need to be robustly assessed against a set of agreed criteria. Further details of the process for confirming projects and their locations will be announced in due course.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
55751
Session
2016-17
Related items
Flood Defences
Thursday, 24 November 2016
Oral answers to questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Finance Flood control
Link
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