A question on #CoastalErosionAndFloodControl tabled by Dr Jeevun Sandher on 30-05-2025 has been answered by Emma Hardy.

Heading: Coastal Erosion and Flood Control
Question ID: 1807550
UIN: 55983
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-05-30
Asking Member ID: 5259
Asking Member display name: Dr Jeevun Sandher
Asking Member handle: jeevunsandher
Asking Member Twitter reference: @jeevunsandher
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much and what proportion of the Flood Risk and Coastal Erosion Risk Management budget was spent on nature based solutions in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial
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Date answered: 2025-06-09
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Answering Member ID: 4645
Answering Member display name: Emma Hardy
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Emma Hardy
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Answer text: Many projects in the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Capital Investment Programme deliver a combination of nature-based solutions (NBS) and hard defences, and we do not explicitly capture the expenditure on NBS separately. Due to this, we are unable to sep...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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