| Heading: |
Flood Control: Somerset |
| Question ID: |
1812104 |
| UIN: |
59460 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-12 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4995 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sarah Dyke
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| Asking Member handle: |
SarahDykeLD
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@SarahDykeLD
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 4.62 of HM Treasury's document entitled Spending Review 2025, published on 12 June 2025, what proportion of flood defence spending from 2026-27 to 2028-29 w |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4645 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Emma Hardy
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| Answer text: |
We’re investing £2.65 billion over two years to March 2026 to maintain, repair, and build flood defences. We’re committing a further £4.2 billion over three years from April 2026, an increase of 5% per year, as announced at Spending Review 2025. We’re con... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |