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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate the Government has made of the annual costs to the insurance industry resulting from climate change. - Inc figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate the Government has made of the annual costs to the insurance industry resulting from climate change. - Inc figures.
Asked by
Norman Baker
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Elliot Morley
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
30 March 2004
For answer on
23 April 2004
Answered on
23 April 2004
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent estimate the Government has made of
the annual costs to the insurance industry resulting from climate change. [165815]
Mr. Morley: According to the Association of British Insurers storm and flood insurance losses in the UK over the past five years
have totalled £5 billion, twice that of previous years. At present, it is not possible scientifically, to attribute such changes and
the associated weather events to climate change absolutely. However, what is clear is that the extreme weather events experienced in
the UK over recent years (for example, the floods in 2000 and the hot summer in 2003) are typical of what is likely to be
experienced with even greater frequency as a result of man-made climate change.
Subjects
Costs; Climate change; Insurance; Floods
Date
23 April 2004
Reference
165815; 420 c673W
House
House of Commons